Local History Archives - March 2013
Local History
Published March 27, 2013
Submitted by: Renee

Was there a cemetery on the Springfield Public Square? This 1933 newspaper article speculates about the possiblity after workmen found a tombstone.
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Local History
Published March 13, 2013
Submitted by: Renee

Due to a low demand for gravel in the 1930's, Horton's Quarry ceased pumping water from their digs. Water began to fill the quarry creating a lake that covered a full block.
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Local History
Published March 4, 2013
Submitted by: Renee

The old Lincoln School, on the corner of Washington and Central streets, was to be used as a community center for woman's work projects in 1935.
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