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Gov. Parson to include area stops on Bicentennial Tour, Monday
Linn County Leader
Governor Mike Parson will be making several stops in the area as part of his Bicentennial Tour of the state.
Area stops include visiting the Walt Disney Hometown Museum, the General John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site, Maxie, the World’s Largest Goose and a stop at the Locust Creek Covered Bridge in Meadville.
The schedule of local and other regional stops all to occur on Monday, July 12, includes:
9 - 9:45 a.m. Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, 120 N. Main St., Hannibal;
10:45 - 11:30 a.m., Shelby County Historical Society, 107 S. Center St., Shelbina;
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Share this story Published January 14th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: Steamboat Willie is the first version of Mickey Mouse, released in 1928. This edition of the character could be in the public domain in 2024. (Photo | Flickr)
Some events are so bizarre and unique that it makes one consider the role of fate. Every once in a while, the stars align to create a moment so significant that it can alter the state of the world more than a century later.
That is what happened when Walt Disney met a very special mouse at the Laugh-O-Gram studio at the corner of Forest Avenue and 31st Street in the early 1920s.