In the 201-year history of Springfield, the city has been home to a future U.S. president, the founder of the Post cereal company, the president of Sears, three U.S. senators, three state governors ...

Illuminating local history and celebrating unsung heroes, the Springfield-Greene County African-American Heritage Trail is preparing to grow. Eight markers on trail are in place already. In 2018, the ...

A Black activist of Springfield’s past has greeted people coming downtown since last fall, and it serves as just one example of ongoing efforts to tell the stories and remember Black leaders of the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Springfield has been around since the early 1800s, and many significant events have occurred over the last 200 years. 1831 Joseph Rountree and family and Sidney S. Ingram, his ...

A newly shared slice of history gives Missourians a vivid look at one of the most unusual sporting events of the 1920s.

What does "home" mean to you? To strike up conversations about housing types, what "home" feels like, who has access to housing and what the history of housing in Springfield has looked like since ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Springfield has been around since the early 1800s, and many significant events have occurred over the last 200 years. 1870 The Mansfield Opera House at 313-315 South Street was ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will present a series of free history walks and porch talks at Springfield historic sites this summer. “Walk, Hike and Bike History” returns with ...

The Land of Lincoln is rich in history and offers a plethora of things to do. Springfield, Illinois, is where former president Abraham Lincoln called home from 1844–1861, some of his final years ...

Thank you, Springfield-Greene County Library and Springfield News Leader, for publishing the photo of the Lotven family lighting a menorah on Hanukkah. No history of the Springfield Jewish community ...