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In the basement of the Legacy Building in El Paso, Illinois, is a small corner room with a...
Woodford County Man Was 1st In Illinois To Fulfill Promise Of 15th Amendment – Peoria Public Radio
In the basement of the Legacy Building in El Paso, Illinois, is a small corner room with a wall of cinderblocks filling a doorway that once led to the street above. Around 125 years ago, locals entered here for a shave and a chat with their barber, David Strother. Now, just a dim light from a single bulb reveals the remaining frame and narrow countertop of Strother’s barber station, just enough to imagine how it once looked. When it comes …