You know you’ve made it when your hometown names the swimming pool AND the new elementary school after you. During his lifetime, Walter Elias Disney had both of these honors bestowed upon him by Marceline, Mo., the town where he spent his early childhood years. Though his family lived there just a few years, Walt once said that more things of importance happened to him in Marceline than anywhere else. Marceline left its mark, and Walt certainly left his. Still today, his impact on this small Missouri town is evident everywhere you look. We’ve wanted to visit Marceline for years to see the main street that inspired the Main Street USA, so we were glad to finally make this dream a reality.
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