Here's what Frederick Douglass said during a visit to Elmira, which drew people from everywhere within a hundred miles.

"Who will lead us?" It was as if somebody else had spoken the words that rang in my head during these turbulent times.

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

It’s a slip, not a fall,” Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney apparently has the same attitude after her ...

Feb. 15, Hancock County Historical Society quarterly meeting will host Reg Ankrum, a resident of Quincy, speaking on “The Statehood of Illinois and County Formation.” He is a ...