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Local History Archives - May 2019

1880 Census

Published May 17, 2019 Submitted by: Renee

Newspaper articles give interesting background on the 1880 Federal Census; including the amount of pay enumerators received.

FAA building

Published May 3, 2019 Submitted by: Renee

Hank Billings, author, and Betty Love, photographer, give a behind the scene glimpse of the Springfield Airport in 1961.

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