Missouri probably has more diversity in its names for places than most other states. In counties it has a TEXAS County, an OREGON County, and a DALLAS County. It has names for large cities in the USA. It has a HOUSTON, a MEMPHIS, and a PORTLAND. It has mythological and biblical towns including a CAANAN, a SPARTA, and a TROY. It has a SAVANNAH, a LANCASTER, and a TAOS, but it probably has more other state names within its borders than most other places. For example, in its state confines are towns named CALIFORNIA, a Nevada, a WASHINGTON, an almost KANSAS like expanse that includes a city, a Mississippi River border, a town named LOUISi-IANA, and an expanse named VIRGINIA. There are several foreign countries like Cuba, Lebanon, and Japan represented. There are new places like London and Madrid in this state. There are capitals like Bismark like the one in North Dakota. There’s even a Moscow among the Missouri towns.
My favorite among the towns along the river is a city called Louisiana. Louisiana, MO is on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in a park north of the city of St Louis between Hannibal and Clarksville where eagles accumulate in the winter. North of it is a wildlife preserve. It’s a quiet town of about 3,000 people with several Victorian mansions and many small businesses. It was named for a woman named Louisiana in 1816 about 10 miles east of Bowling Green where many Amish settled. It hopes to be part of our Green Future.
More about Louisiana is coming tomorrow.
Hank
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