Dial phones comes to Springfield
Southwestern Bell Telephone and Springfield newspapers announce the switch from manually operated systems to dial telephones in 1949.
READ MORESouthwestern Bell Telephone and Springfield newspapers announce the switch from manually operated systems to dial telephones in 1949.
READ MOREA rock quarry on National was purchased by the city and turned into a city dump in 1918. This dump was later filled in and became the Commons at Jordan Valley.
READ MOREHave you heard the Native American ghost stories centered on the James River? This 1916 newspaper article tells the legend of Red Fox, a Delaware Nation man, and why he may still be seen at his campsite near the Delaware Ford.
READ MOREThe Don-Lo Drive-in was demolished in 1982 to make way for the new University Plaza Hotel. It had been in business for twenty three years.
READ MOREThe League of Women Voters was originally named The Women’s Equal Suffrage League. The group changed its name in 1919.
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4653 S. Campbell Ave.
Springfield, MO
65810-1723
Phone: (417) 616-0534
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