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and his associates, who were nicknamed the "Long Nine" for their combined height of 54 ft.

The Potawatomi Trail of Death passed through Springfield in 1838. The Native Americans were forced west to Indian Territory by the government's Indian Removal policy.

Abraham Lincoln arrived in the Springfield area in 1831, but he did not live in the city until 1837. He spent the next six years in New Salem,

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