<object codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" height="112" width="800"> <embed src="Flash/sgfbanner.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="112" width="800"></object><!-- Content inside a noscript tag will be displayed if the user does not have Javascript enabled or is using a browser that does not support JavaScript --><noscript> <object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" name="navigation banner" width="800" height="112" align="top" id="navigation banner"> <embed src="Flash/sgfbanner.swf" loop="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="navigation banner" scale="exactfit" align="top" height="112" width="800"> </object> Note: You do not have JavaScript enabled. </noscript>In the latest guide to Springfield, Mo Vol 28 2006 - there is a great article on the the A&P-Frisco Railroad. FM http://sgfmag.com/Guide.html CLICK PHOTO TO VIEW LARGER On the Cover: The new signage at the corner of the original 1905 Missouri State University campus proclaims both the newest name and the original founding date. Behind it are Craig Hall, the Coger Theatre, and the summer venue for Tent Theatre. Cover photograph by Justin D. Glazier. <!-- CSS for Names <span class="name"> CSS for Titles <span class="title"> --> The 2006 Guide to Springfield... Since the days of classical academies dating back as far as 1845, Springfield seemed destined to become a mecca for higher education. Even after the first two such institutions became victims of the Civil War, Carleton College — for which College Street was named — survived to later become a part of Texas Christian University. Soon came Springfield College, a church college that early on survived a name change to become Drury College which it continued to be until it became Drury University in 2000. Drury was a robust 21 years old when Springfield Normal School opened in 1894 a few blocks from where the state’s Normal School Four would be born in 1905. That school’s name would change to STC, SMS, then SMSU before it became Missouri State University in 2005. Don’t miss Get Street Smart which opens with a quote from John Smith Phelps who was the area’s first U.S. Congressman, later serving as military governor of Arkansas and ultimately as Springfield’s first Missouri governor. A former associate editor of Springfield! Magazine, Alyssa Conine, wrote A City for All Seasons that includes a map showing paths of 100 years of tornadoes here. Sports fan John Q. Hammons not only brought back the Springfield Cardinals to his Hammons Field, but 11 years ago he brought the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame here. In this 29th Guide to Springfield we present an almost condensed history of the Queen City of the Ozarks from 1929 to 1938, when the city council took over a hand-me-down governmental building from the federal government built in 1894 and unfurled a new city flag that same year. Veteran writer/photographer Mabel Carver Taylor contributed the classic “When the Railroad Came to Town,” to a previous Guide to Springfield and has earned an encore in this collector’s issue. Photographer Justin D. Glazier presents a panorama of expanding health care facilities in the centerspread of this Guide. Read on to learn how the cobra came to be on the city seal, the men and women who made the proud heritage that is the Springfield Public Schools, a time line on key events from 1829 through 2005, the 2006 schedule for the Springfield Cardinals, who’s who in Springfield, how Springfield got its first cathedral, the ghost towns of Greene County, and much, much more! — RCG
