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Girls Softball in Springfield was on hiatus during WWII but returned in May of 1946. The first game, played at Fassnight Park, was between the Dairy Anns and the O'Reilly WAC's.
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The Downton Motor Inn was shut down in 1965. It was located on St. Louis Street just east of Jefferson Avenue. The hotel was originally built by John T. Woodruff around 1914.
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Johnny Beauchamp won a 200-lap race at the Springfield Fairgrounds racetrack in 1957. In 1959, he and Lee Petty raced at the first Daytona 500 to a controversial photo finish.
A Girl Scout Camp was founded in 1936 just north of what is now called Dickerson Park Zoo.
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Dolly Parton and Mac Davis attracted over 7,000 fans to the Hammons Center in 1977.
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