[edit] Lane County

[edit] Coburg

The Oregon Railway Limited sells Coburg Line to Southern Pacific. Narrow rails are removed

and standard line is built. A bridge from the Snake River is installed across the McKenzie River and the line continues into Springfield.

Johnny Diamond donates his land donation claim to form the City of Coburg. Isaac Van Duyn plats the new city on a grid pattern.

The I.O.O.F. built their first lodge at North A and Mill. The lodge later housed the jail, city council chambers and the volunteer fire department. Springfield Lodge, NO. 70, I.O.O.F.- was organized October 24, 1881, with the following charter members: J.M. Cornelius, T.O. Maxwell, D.T. Prichard, J.R. Campbell, John Lenger. The first officers were: T.O. Maxwell, N.G.; J.M. Cornelius, V.G.; J.R. Campbell, Sec.; D.T. Prichard, Treas.; A.S. Hamilton, War.; W.R. Walker, Con.; J.W. Gordon, I.G.; W.B. Pengra, R.S.N.G.; A.D. Burton, L.S.N.G.; J.E. Ebert, R.S. V. G.; A.S. Walker, L.S.V.G.; G.M. Cooper, R.S.S.; L.J. Cornelius, L.S.S. The Odd-Fellows Hall in Springfield is at the corner of at North A and Mill and is twnty-four by sixty-five feet. The present menbership numbers thirty, while the officers for the current term are: W.B. Pengra, N.G.; W.R. Walker, V.G.; L.S. Gordon, Rec. Sec.; A.S. Walker, Per. Sec.; A.D. Burton, Treas.; J. Simmons, War.; G.E. Lyne, Con.; William McBee, I.G.; W.Land, O.G.; T.O. Maxwell, R.S. N.G.; W. Stoops, L.S.N.G.; Charles Baxter, R.S.V.G.; J.E. Ebert, L.S.V.G.; John Laird, R.S.S.; J.W. McBee, L.S.S. The lodge meets every Saturday evening.

The Springfield Main Street Bridge was flooded out and replaced in 1881. The new structure featured a Smith truss bracing system and 220-foot span (Special Collections n.d.: Box 66-20, Folder 7A/B).