Another Missouri town that caught my interest along the road was Bismarck, MO
The City of Bismarck has grown for 125 years around the railroad bed that still runs through the center of town.
Historically, Bismarck was platted and recorded on Nov. 10, 1868. In an effort to attract settlers of German heritage to the booming railroad town, the new village was named in honor of Prince Otto Eduard Leopold Von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor of Germany.
The strategy apparently worked. At the close of the Franco-Prussian War in the 1870's, many German immigrants came to America--where they were drawn to Missouri and the new town with the familiar name.
I myself come from German Heritage. My great grandmother at a young age of 14 years old arrived with her brother & his wife in Keokuk County, Iowa in 1869. Then in 1874 the man that would become her husband & my great-grandfather arrived in Keokuk County Iowa too.
Loving the sights & my road trip heritage through Missouri!
Rest Of The Story Tomorrow
Nana
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