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History tv all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. While in springfield, missouri, we took a driving tour of the city with the executive director, john sellars. We are driving around the square here in springfield. This Public Square is interesting. It is designed with streets coming into it in the center. Kind of rare. Most come in on the corners. It was designed by one of the rounders of springfield who came here in 1830 with his family. He wanted this to be the county seat of the newly designated Greene County in southwest missouri. So he donated 50 acres of land , and the city sold 48 of the acres to get enough money to get build a courthouse. These two acres that remain were the town square. They built the courthouse in the center of the square, that became the site of the county seat. Kind of got things started here in 1835. In 1838, the city was chartered. It all came about because of what we are going to go by now, an Historical Marker in the corner of the building on water stre

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