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1890s:

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1892.Daily Eugene Guard (1892)

Springfield

• Dorris Ranch is established.

• Business directories show that in 1892, Springfield had a Western Union telegraph office and Wells Fargo Express Company (Obenauer 1892:161-169).

• The Springfield Electric Light Company appears in the 1892 city directory, although an electric light plant was not erected until 1907 (Clarke 1983:48-50; Polk 1892:168).

• In addition to its commercial and industrial growth, Springfield progressed culturally as well. In 1892, a weekly newspaper called The Springfield Messenger was published for a year by W.F. and W.G. Gilstrap, who set and printed the local news on a hand press.

• A Springfield baseball team was competing locally in 1892; occasionally the Springfield players challenged a team from Portland.