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The Steigner Hotel, also known as the Planters' House, burned in 1896. It's burning caused great excitment since Adam Rief was temporarily trapped in the burning building. The hotel had been built in 1867.
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For the 1931 Springfield City Directory, the Chamber of Commerce added an early history of Springfield and many statistics.
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Area residents scrambled to take one last ride on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway. Some of their experiences are given in this newspaper article published in 1967.
Spanish Land Grant claims were used by an unscrupulous real estate salesman from Ohio to sell bogus land deeds in Barry County in 1869.
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A history of St. Luke M. E. Church, on the north side of Springfield, is told in this article published in 1927.
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