Excerpt from Fragments of the Early History of Springfield and Green County: Related by Pioneers and Their Decendents at an Old Settler's DinnerWhen Horace Greely of the Tribune and Sam Bowles of the Springfield, Mass, Republican, came through Springfield in Sep tember, 1859, there was quite a turn-out to welcome them, but they were only here for a few minutes.Warren H. Graves, who had taken much interest in establish ing the line, on every trip received a bundle of daily papers that gave later news than came in the regular mails, and there was always a rush to see the latest papers and the interest never ¿agged as long as the mail was continued. Among the people who were most persistent to get the news were W. B. Logan, Jno. S. Kimbro and Col. M. Oliver.There was always a crowd to welcome the coaches arrival from either east or west, there was seldom a trip that did not bring one or more prominent men on the passenger list.The saddest time came when in June, 1861, every day brought two or three coaches from the west, with a string of horses and men going north. And when the great war began in earnest the glory of the Overland Mail had departed forever.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.