<sod>The [[Missouri Territory|territory known as Missouri]] was included in the [[Louisiana Purchase]] of 1803. Soon after, the Delaware [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] received treaty land where Springfield's Sequiota Park and the antique stores of its Galloway Village stand today. To the west, 500 [[Kickapoo people|Kickapoo]] Native Americans built [[wigwams|wickiups]] on the prairie that still bears their name.  Missouri became a state on August 10, 1821, and in 1833 the legislature designated most of the southern portion as Greene County. It was named for [[American Revolutionary War]] General [[Nathanael Greene]], largely through a campaign by Springfield's founder, John Polk Campbell, to honor a man he admired. A [[Tennessee]] [[Homestead Act|homesteader]], Campbell announced his claim in 1829.  Springfield was officially founded in 1830 and was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] in 1838.<ref>[http://www.springfieldmo.org/discover/springfield-history Springfield History]</ref><eod>
<sod>The [[Missouri Territory|territory known as Missouri]] was included in the [[Louisiana Purchase]] of 1803. Soon after, the Delaware [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] received treaty land where Springfield's Sequiota Park and the antique stores of its Galloway Village stand today. To the west, 500 [[Kickapoo people|Kickapoo]] Native Americans built [[wigwams|wickiups]] on the prairie that still bears their name.  Missouri became a state on August 10, 1821, and in 1833 the legislature designated most of the southern portion as Greene County. The county was named in honor of [[American Revolutionary War]] General [[Nathanael Greene]], largely through a campaign, started in 1829, by Springfield's founder, John Polk Campbell, a [[Tennessee]] [[Homestead Act|homesteader]]. Officially, Springfield was founded in 1830 and was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] in 1838.<ref>[http://www.springfieldmo.org/discover/springfield-history Springfield History]</ref><eod>