Coming to Marceline

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 6, 2013

1. Coming to Marceline Marker

Inscription.

Elias [Disney] purchased 45 acres in Marceline from his brother Robert at a price of $125 an acre, promising installment payments with money he was to receive for houses in Chicago that Flora had designed and he had built.

In the spring of 1906, the Disney family packed up their belongings and moved to Missouri.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 39° 43.915′ N, 92° 56.636′ W. Marker was in Marceline, Missouri, in Linn County. It could be reached from West Broadway Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is along the trail leading from the parking lot to The Happy Place replica, on the former Disney homestead, located off Broadway about 150 feet west of Missouri Avenue (Missouri Highway 5). Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Marceline MO 64658, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in North Missouri. It was also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis

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& Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: The Son of Dreaming Tree (here, next to this marker); The Original Dreaming Tree (a few steps from this marker); Walt Learns a Valuable Lesson (within shouting distance of this marker); Walt's Happy Place (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Coming to Marceline (within shouting distance of this marker); As an adult Walt Disney wrote (within shouting distance of this marker); Marceline Inspiration (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to Walt's Barn (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marceline.

Other markers no longer nearby. The Dreaming Tree (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Walt Disney on Marceline

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 6, 2013

2. Coming to Marceline Marker

(was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The "So Dear To My Heart" Barn (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Walt Disney's "Barn Circus" (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Regarding Coming to Marceline. Marker was replaced by a similar marker.

Also see . . . Walt Disney Hometown Museum. (Submitted on July 29, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 499 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 29, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.