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9781596299320

Stories of Springfield

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    9781596299320

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    1596299320

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-06-07
  • Publisher: History Pr
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Summary

Discover the stories behind the famous characters of Springfield, Illinois, and why some of the city's lesser-known citizens are worthy of fame too. Learn about the first Lincoln museum and its controversial creator, the cholera epidemic that raged through the town and the operators of Springfield's Underground Railroad. Determine whether Lincoln purchased cocaine at a local drugstore, unearth the mystery of a local poet's wrenching death and find out how the local saloonkeepers beat the temperance movement. From the fatal pole wars of 1844 to the invention of dental forceps, local historian Tara McAndrew's careful research splices together the comic, the tragic and the completely unexpected in these chronicles from Lincoln's town.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 9
Acknowledgementsp. 11
Uniquely Springfield
The Grave Matters of John Krousp. 13
Springfield by Any Other Namep. 15
Morality Trumps Cholerap. 17
Before Corn Dogs and Taffyp. 19
The Land of Inventorsp. 22
A Poet's Mysterious Deathp. 25
Cleopatra's Springfield Rootsp. 28
Springfield Put the Arson in Arsenalp. 28
Behaving Badly
Springfield's First Conp. 35
The Pole Warsp. 37
Blow-by-Blow Journalismp. 39
A Capitol Affairp. 41
Was Springfield Hell?p. 44
All the News that's Fit to Printp. 48
The Lincolns
Lincoln and the Thespiansp. 51
The Lincoln Controversy that Wasn'tp. 53
The President Is Shotp. 56
Springfield's Long Goodbyep. 59
The Booth Brothers and the Lincolnsp. 63
The Bloodstained Dressp. 65
The Strange Tale of Lincoln's Son, the Secret Service and Stupid Criminalsp. 68
Mary Lincoln Comes Homep. 73
The First Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museump. 76
African Americans
Early African Americansp. 81
Springfield's Underground Railroadp. 83
Billy the Barberp. 89
"No Rope to Hang Him"p. 92
Suffering
The Millerites' Disappointmentsp. 99
Camp Miseryp. 101
Springfield Suffers the Suffragistsp. 103
Coming to the Land of Lincolnp. 105
Miscellany: From Baseball to UFOs
Town Ball Hits Homep. 111
Hot Air Over Illinoisp. 114
Did Politics Save New Salem?p. 116
Ode to a Legislative Husbandp. 118
Bibliographyp. 121
About the Authorp. 127
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