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Monthly Archives: August 2021
Gov. William H. Bissell
When Gov. William Bissell was reburied in 1871, the crowd may have been bigger than at any Springfield funeral since that of Abraham Lincoln. Bissell was the first Republican, first college graduate and first disabled person elected governor. He also … Continue reading
First burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery
Eliza Helmle, the infant daughter of Carl Albert and Marie Helmle, was the first person buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, according to cemetery records. A handwritten cemetery ledger says Eliza died of “teething” at nine months old; the record … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Germans, Markers, Oak Ridge signs
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Leland Farm (1880)
The Leland Farm, 600-some acres on what today is Springfield’s near west side, supplied the Leland Hotel with the freshest of food for decades. The hotel operated at Sixth Street and Capitol Avenue from 1867 until 1970 (not counting a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Hotels & taverns, Restaurants
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Rees Memorial Carillon
Before the Springfield Park Board could build a carillon in Washington Park, it had to answer two questions: how many bells would it hold, and what kind would they be? When newspaper publisher Thomas Rees died in 1933, he left … Continue reading
Early ‘base ball’: Libertys lose to Rockford, 101-13 (1869)
The hometown Liberty Base Ball Club didn’t expect to beat the Rockford Forest Citys when the celebrated Rockford team visited Springfield in 1869. City-versus-city match games were social events as much as athletic contests at the time. But that 1869 … Continue reading
Posted in Amusements, Social life, Sports and recreation
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The Who at the Illinois State Fair, 1968
The amplifiers were set to top-end at the Illinois State Fair Grandstand on the evening of Aug. 9, 1968. Performing that night were Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle and Keith Moon, better known as the Who. From their dressing … Continue reading
Posted in Amusements, Illinois State Fair, Social life
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‘Bird Lady’: A Lithuanian immigrant mother’s life in Springfield
On the day in 1912 when 16-year-old Mary Ann Yezdauskas arrived in Springfield from Lithuania, her brother took her to the elegant Bressmer’s Department Store to buy a new coat. Then the sister and brother posed together in their finery … Continue reading
Posted in Coal mines and mining, Family life, Lithuanians, Lithuanians, Women
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