The Heritage Center: Car culture transforms Springfield

The Heritage Center shows the local side to how The Car Culture changed America.PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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The Heritage Center shows the local side to how The Car Culture changed America.PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Updated June 1, 2018

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The Heritage Center shows the local side to how The Car Culture changed America.

America’s love affair with the automobile and other vehicles, which began at the start of the 20th century, continued into the Depression and beyond.

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A new economy based on oil began that replaced Springfield’s old interurban rail lines with sleek new gasoline-powered busses.

It created new business and employment opportunities, like Bonded Oil Company, founded by Paul Deer in 1932 and known today as Speedway.

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