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==History==
==History==
The city was founded in 1838 by the Fulbright brothers, who arrived originally in 1830. The town, bitterly divided between the [[United States of America|Union]] and the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] became the site for one of the bloodiest battles in the [[Civil War]], the [[Battle of Wilson's Creek]]. The site still stands today. The Battle of Springfield took place in 1863. Today, Springfield is a focal point of the local economy, as well as being an important railroad town.<ref>http://www.springfieldmo.gov/community/city_history.html</ref>
The city was founded in 1838 by the Fulbright brothers, who arrived originally in 1830. The town, bitterly divided between the [[United States of America|Union]] and the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] became the site for one of the bloodiest battles in the [[Civil War]], the [[Battle of Wilson's Creek]]. The site still stands today. The Battle of Springfield took place in 1863. Today, Springfield is a focal point of the local economy, as well as being an important railroad town.<ref>http://www.springfieldmo.gov/community/city_history.html</ref>
It was the location of the first diverging diamond interchange in the United States (in a diverging diamond, traffic crossing over or under a freeway temporarily passes on the opposite side of the road from normal).
==Religion==
==Religion==