escort to Springfield

[STS Lincolnite]

I wonder if anything more specific would have been recorded in the local newspapers in Springfield, IL? If it was decided that local people and/or friends of the President would perform this task, I would assume the names would have been recorded there. I will put it on my list to check the next time I get to a newspaper repository. I hope to make it over to Springfield for a brief visit in the next month or so.