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Hope Cemetery recently received a facelift in the form of new fencing along its east border on South Academy Street in Galesburg.

Hope Cemetery, the final resting place of George Washington Gale and many of Galesburg’s founders, may soon be unable to afford its own maintenance.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Carl Sandburg were both dreamers. On Monday, Jan. 17 and throughout January, Dr. King will be honored and recognized.

A case surrounding the escape of a slave named Susan Richardson put this site on the map.  It illustrates the polarizing views about slavery that were held in Knox County.   It also points to the misconception of northern states vs. southern states, when it came to where slavery was accepted. In this case, Knox County - located well within the northern half of Illinois - had its own internal battle. Richardson was enslaved by a man named Andrew Borders in Randolph County, Illinois when she escaped with her three children to Knox County.  After her escape, Richardson and her children were c...

April 26, 2021 Among 16 sites that were announced as additions to the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, Friday is a building in Knoxville steeped in history. The old Knox County Courthouse in Knoxville was the site of several legal cases stemming from the 1842 escape of Susan “Sukey” Richardson, her three children, and Hannah Morrison who were held in bondage in southern Illinois, drawing important attention to the existence of slavery in a “free” state. The Knox County Courthouse in Knoxville hasn’t been a legal building since s...