Officers of the Sangamon Farmers Milk Cooperative promised no violence in the co-op’s 1938 dispute with local dairies. They were wrong. New on SangamonLink: https://t.co/JvFDMg2IPv
As President Biden designates a new Springfield Race Riot National Monument. here's SangamonLink’s look at the riot, its victims and notable participants, and its aftermath. ICMYI: https://t.co/tr0tn5tl9P
Henson Robinson sold plates and tinware to Union soldiers in the Civil War. The company he founded remains in business today. Its history (and that of the Henson Robinson Zoo), new on SangamonLink. https://t.co/YUasyQYWiQ
Today in 1846, snow began falling on settlers in the mountains on the California-Nevada border, trapping 81 people for the winter. Forty-one of them died. This group, the Donner Party, had begun its trek west in Springfield, Ill.
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Video: The Grand Army of the Republic, aging veterans of the Civil War, marches down Capitol Avenue in 1932. New on SangamonLink https://t.co/G30BTGO4nx
Sam Willis was Springfield’s most celebrated chef at the turn of the 20th century. That may not have insulated him from the aftermath of the Springfield race riot. New on SangamonLink: https://t.co/17JESwvhXg
A 10-year-old waterboy was one of the casualties of an 1895 construction accident at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. New on SangamonLink: https://t.co/1LaQnuQLdF
The young architect who designed the Exposition Building at the Illinois State Fairgrounds … A look at John Rinaker and his associates, by William Cellini Jr. New on SangamonLink: https://t.co/SWWFZpBnYS
The FBI listened in on Frank Zito’s conversations for two months in 1965. What did agents learn? Zito, Springfield’s so-called “godfather,” spiked his orange juice with garlic.
New on SangamonLink: https://t.co/hKcwkRSjd8
The original Dreamland Park, founded by politician/entrepreneur Amos Duncan, was a hub of activity for Springfield’s Black community in the 1920s and ‘30s. New on SangamonLink, by Mary Frances. https://t.co/g79TkcGJVK
If watches didn’t work, “disorder and chaos would reign.” A silent movie filmed in 1922 shows the making of a Bunn Special railroad watch in Springfield. New on SangamonLink: https://t.co/fDNcyli0rR
John D. Waters was an evangelist for shorthorn cattle, and his home, Highland Farms, was a landmark in the Dawson area. New on SangamonLink: https://t.co/PRsnxO2lRH