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Local History Archives - September 2016

Emma Fassnight Steury

Published September 28, 2016 Submitted by: Renee

Emma Fassnight Steury reminisces about Springfield shortly after the Civil War on the eve of her ninety-third birthday. She describes her family's move from Michigan when she was 7, purchase of the property that would become Fassnight Park and visiting the new Atlantic and Pacific Railroad when it made it's way to town. More

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