Commercial Street Station - Springfield, MO
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silverquill
N 37° 13.807 W 093° 17.149
15S E 474645 N 4120438
This is a neighborhood station in the Commercial Street Historic District in the northern part of Springfield. It is located in the old Frisco Railroad Building.
Waymark Code: WMJPK6
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2013
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The police department in Springfield, Missouri, has quite a colorful history, including the historic high noon shoot-out in 1865 between Wild Hickock and James Butler.
"1865-The World's first "High Noon" shoot-out occurred on the public square, when James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok shot Dave Tutt over a woman and a pocket watch he had lost in a poker game at a downtown saloon. In August, Hickok was acquitted of manslaughter in Tutt's death. A month later, he ran for City Marshal in Springfield's first post-Civil War election and placed second out of five candidates. City Marshals (Police Chiefs) would be elected for terms of either one or two years until 1916." A History of the Springfield Police Department
The Northside Precinct was moved to this building in 1933 and the next year, the infamous duo, Bonnie & Clyde kidnapped Motorcycle Officer Tom Persell who was released unharmed several hours later in Joplin, Missouri.