City of Springfield

History: Springfield was settled when Elias and Mary Briggs and their family arrived in 1848. They were among the first party to travel to the region via the Southern Route by Klamath Lake, over the Cascades, into the Rogue Valley, then north to the Willamette Valley. Elias Briggs chose for his home a place convenient to a spring of water and in due time this land was fenced in. This enclosure...

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