Quincy, Illinois

Quincy, the "Gem City," is a the county seat of Adams County, Illinois, United States, and a Mississippi River port. The 2010 census counted a population of 40,633 in the city itself, up from 40,366 in 2000. As of July 1, 2015, the Quincy Micro Area had an estimated population of 77,220.

Quincy in Worldwar
Mutt Daniels spent the spring and summer of 1907 in Quincy, as second catcher (and first catcher after Charlie Ruddock's injury) for the Gems in the Iowa State League. This was the first time he had been out of his native South. In June, he relocated to Washington State when his contract was bought by the Gray's Harbor Grays.

In 1944, Daniels returned to Quincy, briefly stationed in the Wood House in the aftermath of the Battle of Chicago. He reminisced about old times briefly, before the fighting came to nearby Marblehead.