Odessa ~ Odessa, MO
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YoSam.
N 39° 00.063 W 093° 57.221
15S E 417419 N 4317325
Marker=d by the Missouri Bicentennial Commission
Waymark Code: WMNR53
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2015
Views: 2
County of Marker: Lafayette
Location of Marker: 2nd St. & Cobb St., Railroad Park, Odessa
Marker Erected by: Missouri Bicentennial Commission
Date Marker Erected: 1976
Marker Text:
ODESSA
Odessa was platted, September 17, 1878 by Judge John Kirkpatrick, his wife, Sara, and a friend, Alexander R. Patterson. Incorporation occurred February 3, 1880. Odessa was first settled on the north side of what was then the Chicago and Alton railroad tracks. The town was named by T.B. Blackstone, C&A president, who, on a visit here, told people that the area surrounding the new town, reminded him of the wheat belt surrounding Odessa, Russia. Many of the early residents and buildings came from Mt. Hope three miles south.
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