Brandon C. Broughton

Local history librarian, IT support specialist, and software engineering student

Unearthing the past | Building the future

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Bottomless Well Interview with KY3
July 18, 2025

I sat down with Chad Plein from KY3 to discuss how I dug into the truth behind the "bottomless well" of Water Street. Then, we revisited the site for another glimpse at Springfield's buried origins.

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Bottomless Well Interview with KSMU
June 18, 2025

I spoke with Chris Drew at KSMU, Springfield's local NPR affiliate, about Campbell's "bottomless" well.

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The Bottomless Well of Water Street
June 12, 2025

Clumsily and driven by curiosity and hard-headedness, I embarked on a journey through microfilm, city directories, crawlspaces, and mud to come face-to-face with the founding place of a city, deep beneath the heart of Springfield.

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Losing on Jeopardy!
April 5, 2023

Let the trivia-heads tremble. Let the know-it-alls weep. For I, Brandon Broughton, got second place in a game of Jeopardy! No easy way to stream this episode (yet?), but for now:

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