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Local History Archives - September 2020

School enumeration

Published September 25, 2020 Submitted by: Renee

A short article about the school enumeration taken in Springfield in 1896.

Ava Fire

Published September 11, 2020 Submitted by: Renee

Around midnight of August 15, 1898, four buildings and most of the contents on the Ava public square were consumed by fire in just one hour.

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