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17 unusual facts about Quincy


Alfred Milnes

On January 6, 1868, Milnes married Lucina E. Hull, the younger child of Cyrus and Eunice (Allen) Hull, who were owned a farm in Quincy.

Dead Skunk

The song has been played every Friday near 9 am, on Top 40 radio station KRRY ("Y101") in Quincy, Illinois, since 1985.

Delhi 2 Dublin

Since 2008 their tour locations include both large cities such as Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, as well as very small communities that host music festivals, such as Canmore AB, Lumby BC, Nakusp BC, Salmo BC, and Quincy CA.

Gustave Cloëz

Gustave Cloëz (born Quincy, 1890, died Paris, 1970) was a French conductor who was particularly active at the Paris Opéra-Comique in the mid-20th century, and made a significant number of recordings, often accompanying major singers of the time.

Harmonica gun

Commencing in 1834 in Quincy, Illinois, he began to make harmonica guns and more conventional revolving rifles.

Harris Broadcast

Harris Broadcast traces its origins to 1922 when the Gates Radio Company was founded by Parker Gates, with the help of his parents, in Quincy, Illinois.

John Adams, Sr.

In 1720, Adams purchased a farm in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts (then called the "north precinct" of Braintree, Massachusetts).

Lacustrine plain

One of the more distinct lakes in this series was Lake Quincy, named for Quincy, Indiana.

Mount Wollaston

Mount Wollaston was the 17th-century name for Quincy, Massachusetts.

Quincy, California

Quincy is named after the city of Quincy, Illinois, named in turn after John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848), the sixth president of the United States (1825 - 1829).

Quincy, Illinois

With regards to television service, Quincy and the surrounding region are served by affiliates of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and the CW networks.

Adjacent to Quincy, on the Missouri side of the river, is West Quincy, Missouri and a vast floodplain used primarily for farming.

Quincy, Indiana

Birch Evans Bayh, Sr., Indiana State University basketball coach and father of U.S. Senator Birch Evans Bayh II

Quincy, M.E.

In the Mystery Movie installments and earliest hour-long episodes, Quincy has a regular girlfriend called Lee (Lynette Mettey) who sometimes accompanies him on his cases (such as in "...The Thighbone's Connected to the Knee Bone...").

Quincy, Michigan

Jill Dobson, an American journalist, Former Miss Michigan and former television entertainment correspondent for the Fox News Channel.

Sam Egan

His credits include writing and producing for such shows as: Quincy, M.E., The Incredible Hulk, The Fall Guy, Northern Exposure, The Outer Limits, Sanctuary and Jeremiah.

The Crossing Church

The Crossing is an independent, non-denominational church headquartered in Quincy, Illinois associated with the Christian Churches in the Restoration Movement.


Adams National Historical Park

Adams National Historical Park, formerly Adams National Historic Site, in Quincy, Massachusetts, preserves the home of Presidents of the United States John Adams and John Quincy Adams, of U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles Francis Adams, and of the writers and historians Henry Adams and Brooks Adams.

Alabama State Capitol

The remaining granite figures for the base, representing the military branches, were contracted from Barnicoat Monuments in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Allan Cole

He has sold more than a hundred television episodes, including ones for Quincy, M.E., The Rockford Files, The Incredible Hulk, Dinosaucers, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Magnum, P.I., Werewolf, and Walker, Texas Ranger.

Bombardment of Cherbourg

Rear Admiral Morton Deyo, heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa (flag), heavy cruiser Quincy, battleship Nevada, HMS light cruiser Glasgow and light cruiser Enterprise, six destroyers: Ellyson, Rodman, Gherardi, Hambleton, Emmons, and British 9th Minesweeping Flotilla.

Catharine Beecher

She was also instrumental in the establishment of women’s colleges in Burlington, Iowa; Quincy, Illinois; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Colombian Party Cartel

It was recorded at the Blackbird Studio D in Nashville by Latin Grammy winner David Hall (Ricardo Arjona, Quincy Jones, Kenny Chesney) and was mixed by engineer Dave Clauss (Shakira, Justin Bieber, U2, Quincy Jones) in NYC.

Debra Peppers

In January 2009 Debra Peppers Television Program "Outreach Connection" produced and aired their 100th episode on WTJR In Quincy, Illinois on affiliated Christian Television Network.

Edward Holyoke

Other notable New England names were John Wentworth, Samuel Quincy, Moses Hemmenway, Charles Cushing, Nathan Webb, William Browne, Philip Livingston, David Sewall, Daniel Treadwell, Tristam Dalton.12

Elisabeth Ogilvie

She attended schools in Dorchester and Mount Wollaston, graduating from North Quincy High School in 1934.

Ellen Geer

The remainder of her television credits include guest appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Waltons, Quincy, M.E., Dallas, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, NYPD Blue and Cold Case.

ENC

The Eastern Nazarene College, a college of the liberal arts and sciences located in Quincy, Massachusetts

Fred S. Clinton

Young Fred was educated in the national schools of the Creek Nation then went off to study at St. Francis Institute in Osage, Kansas, Drury College (now Drury University) (Springfield, Missouri), Gem City Business College (Quincy, Illinois), and Young Harris College in Georgia.

Illinois Route 336

It is also used by Illinois DOT in FAP 315 to refer to a future project connecting the cities of Quincy and Peoria via underserved Macomb.

Kelly Parsons

This led to her being chosen as one of the Mouseketeers in the 1977-79 revival of the New Mickey Mouse Club. She also appeared in the films Evils of the Night and The Night Stalker and in episodes of the TV series Quincy, M.E. and Alice.

Lieblein

Lieblein House, single-family house located at 525 Quincy Street in Hancock, Michigan

Mason, Houghton County, Michigan

Near the Quincy Mill is the ruins of the Quincy Mining Company Dredge Number One which sank in the lake in the mid-1950s and Quincy Dredge Number Two which partially sank on the shore in the 1960s.

Maud, Countess of Huntingdon

# Matilda of St Liz (Maud) (d. 1140); she married Robert Fitz Richard of Tonbridge; she married secondly Saer De Quincy.

Murder of Jessica Currin

In March 2007, Quincy Omar Cross of Tiptonville, Tennessee, was charged with the murder and in April 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Niemann Foods

Niemann Foods (NFI) is a company headquartered in Quincy, Illinois that owns and operates over 100 supermarkets, convenience, pet and hardware stores mostly under the County Market, County Market Express, Cub Foods, ACE Hardware, Pet Supplies Plus, Pick-A-Dilly and Save-A-Lot banners in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri.

Old Cariboo Road

Connecting to the Oregon Trail at Wallula, it ran north across Quincy Flats past Moses Lake, then crossed the lower Grand Coulee at present day Coulee City.

Pauline Revere Thayer

Born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1860 to Paul Revere III, she was a direct descendant of Paul Revere, and in that capacity performed civic and honorary duties in his memory.

Ptech

was a Quincy, Massachusetts-based provider of business process modeling software that was closed down in late 2003 as a consequence to the media frenzy following the consented search on December 5, 2002 by federal authorities under the auspices of Operation Green Quest.

QHS

Quincy Historical Society, the historical society of Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Quincy House

Josiah Quincy House, a National Historic Landmark home built by Josiah Quincy

Quincy Stewart

Quincy Stewart (born March 27, 1978 in Tyler, Texas) is a former American football and Canadian football player.

Richard A. Stratton

He developed an early interest in aviation with initial visits in the mid-1930s to Dennison’s Airport (Squantum), Quincy, Massachusetts, the home of the Harvard Aero Club and host to such luminaries as Amelia Earhart.

Robert Zildjian

The company was founded in 1981 in Meductic, New Brunswick, Canada, by Robert Zildjian, son of Avedis Zildjian III, the head of the Avedis Zildjian Company located in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester

The family of de Quincy had arrived in England after the Norman Conquest, and took their name from Cuinchy in the Arrondissement of Béthune; the personal name "Saer" was used by them over several generations.

Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine

Similarly, John Berger, the English Booker prize winning writer, makes his home in nearby Quincy, Haut Savoie, which also figures in his works.

Songs of My People

The African-American people who appeared in the project's photographs included Zina Garrison, Quincy Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Thurgood Marshall, Gordon Parks, Colin L. Powell, Willy T. Ribbs, and Louis Wade Sullivan.

Treadwell-Sparks House

The house was built on Quincy Street in 1838 by housewright William Saunders for Harvard Professor Daniel Treadwell.

United Express Flight 5925

United Express flight 5925, operated by Great Lakes Airlines with a Beechcraft 1900, as their flight 5926, was a regularly scheduled flight from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Quincy, Illinois, with an intermediate stop in Burlington, Iowa.

United States B-class submarine

The B class submarines were three United States Navy submarines built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company.

United States K-class submarine

K-1, K-2, K-5, and K-6 were built by Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, K-3, K-7, and K-8 by Union Iron Works in San Francisco, and K-4 by Moran Bros. in Seattle, Washington.

Villa Kathrine

The unique home, sometimes branded as a castle, was built in 1900 by architect George Behrensmeyer for wealthy Quincy native W. George Metz.

WGEM

WGEM-TV, a television station (channel 10) licensed to Quincy, Illinois, United States

WJJY

WJJY-TV, an ABC television affiliate for Quincy, Illinois, United States from 1969 to 1971