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Local History Archives - May 2024

The Bank of Billings

Published May 17, 2024 Submitted by: Renee

A short history of the Bank of Billings was given by John K. Hulston in 1989.

Dial phones comes to Springfield

Published May 5, 2024 Submitted by: Renee

Southwestern Bell Telephone and Springfield newspapers announce the switch from manually operated systems to dial telephones in 1949.

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