The Stone’s Prairie Riot

Place Or Time
Written By Travis Hoffman
Adams County Stone's Prairie Riot

Think politics seems crazy today? Let us tell you a story of when the country was being ripped in two by slavery and tensions between parties and those voting became so intense that blood was shed. Oh, and this didn't happen in Washington D.C. or New York, nope, right here in just south of Payson and Plainville in Adams County! Learn about The Stone's Prairie Riot here on this episode of Wild Quincy.

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