Local History
Published September 22, 2023
A fire in Jordan Creek threaten to burn the Frisco freight house in 1908. There was concern that the fire would also ignite a shipment of dynamite that was on a switch next to the creek. Oil run-off was believed to have been the cause of the fire.
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Local History
Published September 8, 2023
A list of school properties for sale in 1923 included Phelps and Rogers Schools, whose buildings and grounds were sold outright. Other schools were selling off portable buildings and sheds.
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Local History
Published August 25, 2023
The 1953 Labor Day Parade featured an estimated 1,000 people including the Meat Cutters No. 536, the Women's International Union Label League and the American Federation of Grain Millers.
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Local History
Published August 11, 2023
The Springfield Fire Department burned down the one-hundred-year-old Rountree Home as a training exercise. This cleared the future building site for Springfield's first public housing project.
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Local History
Published July 28, 2023
A former Springfield mayor offered a reward for the live capture of a monster man-eating catfish that reportedly attacked and overturned his canoe at Doling Park Lake in 1907.
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