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Could it be Fantasyland in Springfield?

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 01-APR-03
Format: Online - approximately 699 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Could it be Fantasyland in Springfield?(Columns)(Column)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard

April arrives, festooned with a bouquet of spring trivia. To wit:

Q. On a wall near Fifth and Olive, someone has tagged some graffiti symbols - what looks to be backward "3s," then some circles and more backward "3s." What's it mean?

A. According to a University of Oregon anthropology professor, the message is "a tribal lament of those feeling disenfranchised by coming loss." It says, "Stay, Rid, stay."

Q. Is it true that back in the late '40s when Walt Disney was seeking to build what would become Disneyland, Springfield was one of the two finalists for...

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