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This sparked Walt's lifelong love of trains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651007677047-YH4YXI1TWBOD6CZZGLX5/marceline_taylor2010ww.jpg Home 1906: The Disneys became close friends with neighboring farmers, the Taylors. Walt said one of his best pals in Marceline was "Grandpa Taylor." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651009470753-XQH65S6S6KYL4PRQ0SRW/IMG_1357.jpg Home 1906-1911: Marceline resident Doc Sherwood paid a young Walt 25 cents for a drawing of his horse Rupert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651007788585-FLB7Z16ZYOBKNUK3V1LC/blog_19_03_22_neverland_100years_880x450.jpg Home 1906-1911: Walt attends a presentation of Peter Pan, which became one of his favorite stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651011519685-RYRXL1PSECSQURV5JALB/1888%2BStation.jpg Home 1911: Elias Disney's health is failing and the Disney farm is sold. The Disney family moves to Kansas City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651012685139-AS27H1O32ZRNPEZ31RMY/the%2Bmarceline%2BI%2Bknew.jpg Home 1938: Walt writes an article for the Marceline News. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651074252074-XZ03Y4WEMT40MAAFUTK4/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-10-24%2Bat%2B5.46.21%2BPM.jpg Home 1946: Walt Disney returns to film footage for a special project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651088054699-WNKY75W4ETP6UE6Q8I70/jansodear22231.jpg Home 1948: So Dear to My Heart is released. Walt said: “So Dear was especially close to me. Why, that’s the life my brother and I grew up with as kids out in Missouri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651008402074-7O691T5VKUDN3WT8P9DR/download.jpg Home 1955: Lady and the Tramp is released and its setting and time period is based on Walt's memory of Marceline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651078151178-8CHOKP55KREPE5XRUKMO/original.jpg Home 1955: Disneyland is open to the public. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651078528247-QRV8ZWEXDPWVJUOQJAYA/eb23d8608faba118151e1ed2cc92e2de-800.jpg Home 1955: With the opening of Disneyland is the opening of Main Street USA, a land inspired by Walt's hometown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651080325114-C3YGC9NIWE65IE76GVZL/WDHM56_097.jpg Home 1956: Walt and Roy return to Marceline for the dedication of the Walt Disney Municipal Park and Swimming Pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/74ff8904-27ab-4647-95a9-de3ebe1ccedc/1956-movie-theater-1.jpeg Home 1956: The Great Locomotive Chase premieres at the Uptown Theatre on Main Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651080617377-PEEV01NPDT4KBYJ259FD/WDHM56_701.jpg%2Breduced.jpg Home 1956: Walt begins buying the Disney farmland and the surrounding acres under his private company, Retlaw. Walt plans to build a living history park known as "The Marceline Project." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651083733849-0N28PHHP9E83GBXN4IQP/WDHM60_400.jpg Home 1960: Walt Disney Elementary School is dedicated with Walt, himself, donating a flag pole from the 1960 Winter Olympics and a Mickey Mouse flag that flew over the Firehouse at Disneyland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651086804279-OW3J5QGTKJRG6SNCZH27/Autopia_small_nologo.jpg Home 1966: Walt Disney donates the Midget Autopia from Disneyland to Marceline. Walt had planned to be in Marceline for the dedication but his health prevented him from doing so. He passed away soon after. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651088111855-VX0TAPZJOWHJ7XUL7JLK/CzuZOQfXUAIjSX7.jpg Home December 15, 1966: Walt Disney passes away at the age of 65. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651089296790-GJPP2CMWO5OILH0F7XOW/walt-files-stamps-1.jpg Home 1968: A US postage stamp honoring Walt Disney is issued in Marceline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/ff251ff5-ebae-48d1-aebb-8655c403130c/Disney.jpeg Home 1993: Walt Disney is inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651091159508-0ZBHSRBGTO66IHR2EE6S/61NwVJzSJsL.jpg Home 1998: The Spirit of Mickey premieres at the Uptown Theater in Marceline. 18,000 people attended the event including Mickey and Minnie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1650497353682-C3OG33U27BCL4YMEK92I/Walt%27s+Barn+6-9-16.JPG Home 2001: As part of Walt's 100th Birthday Celebration, there was a barn raising using blueprints from Walt's Barn at his Carolwood home, which was itself modeled on the barn at the Disney family farm in Marceline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/6ea477ff-4cf2-45b4-ab7c-dcb07b62d2dc/IMG_1414.jpg Home 2001: Walt Disney's 100th Birthday Celebration with over 35,000 in attendance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651095641299-Z9SCT7MIYJB1TQZOUJQA/26DEC2FB-D68A-4F69-887D-3A2B511B9E34.jpg Home 2001: The Walt Disney Hometown Museum officially opens as part of Walt Disney's 100th Birthday Celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651098874034-VH3OFLD0BZG9DU6S1M35/IMG_0778.jpg Home 2003: The United States Postal Service renames the Marceline Post Office as the Walt Disney Post Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651287104746-NWHTF47LV0XC4AISAG7E/780w-463h_030520_event_D23-Marceline-2020.jpg Home 2013: D23, the official Disney Fan Club visits Marceline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651202163710-AWVEKUC83QO58QVEHJZV/1180w-600h_030618_event-marceline_3-780x440.jpg Home 2018: D23 Returns to Marceline for another D23 member event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/b44fb4c1-48d7-49f6-aa05-5d4e238faf7c/Screen+Shot+2022-04-26+at+1.27.33+PM.png Home 2022: D23 comes back to Marceline, this time with an all new scavenger hunt throughout the town and a Pollyanna themed party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/e4cf0bfc-14b3-4f23-96b2-0bc376b9279c/WDHM56_062.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/about daily 0.75 2023-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/37aac89c-c494-465a-96ee-c060b259621d/KAYE+headshot.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/c4ca6c8d-a25e-4e4a-b901-c2927905e383/IMG_2923.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/f713cae8-e3fc-4987-b6cc-cf4129520eaf/JulieSheermanHeadShot.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/b060a6be-8002-4f0c-b263-6a1bc08c5578/Official+Photo+-+Sara+Spike.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/d82c53c2-f96b-405e-a8ea-6399c31fae11/Image-Coming-Soon.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/46fb32a3-8cad-414f-a9b8-00c42afdce66/Image-Coming-Soon.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/630e3f1b-463e-4dc0-9433-3b7a3716876b/ChristopherWhiteHeadShot.jpeg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/c0b660fe-1705-4379-9f16-8b9c8506610f/IMG_0572.jpg About https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/marceline daily 0.75 2023-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1651011519685-RYRXL1PSECSQURV5JALB/1888%2BStation.jpg Marceline - Marceline Railroad Marceline is a town built by the railroad. Without the railroad, there would be no Marceline. Walt Disney not only first arrived in Marceline by train, but it was also here in Marceline that Walt developed his lifelong love for all things trains and railroad. https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/adopt-a-brick daily 0.75 2023-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/2975929c-d377-4c6d-95f6-da89a801c8a5/IMG_1174.jpeg Adopt A Brick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/6d1965c4-9438-41fb-a8bf-58a20480c801/IMG_1098.jpeg Adopt A Brick - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/donate daily 0.75 2023-01-14 https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/media-1 daily 0.75 2022-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1650586339993-I31BSVPLFWD1OEPA874F/Walt+on+stage+Uptown.jpeg Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1650586440692-188KUJI44JB2Z5LWB859/4th%2BJuly%2BNewspaper.jpg Media https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/marceline-in-disney daily 0.75 2023-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/de473704-d588-4f1a-831c-8139c867423c/37192781521_9d69513ca7_b.jpg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Main Street, U.S.A. Disneyland Every Disneyland experience begins and ends with Main Street, U.S.A., inspired by the town of Marceline. In a way, each guest is mimicking Walt’s journey from his small town beginnings before getting to the other areas of the park. Walt Disney enjoyed his childhood so much that he wanted to give his own version of that to the guests. Walt even placed his own personal apartment in Disneyland on Main Street in the Firehouse. Every Disney park has their own version of Main Street (some go by different names) but they invoke the small town spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/8f7e173b-4b35-4dbb-85fc-6f4ca9185861/marcelineca_hotelcloseup2010ww.jpg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Hotel Marceline Disneyland Perhaps the most noticeable mention of Marceline on Main Street is Hotel Marceline. In real life inspired by the Allen Hotel in Marceline. Marceline now has their own Disney inspired Hotel Marceline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/55c3abdf-2309-4a2c-941a-f1efd0978223/marcelineca_tilly2010ww.jpg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Tilly (Main Street Cinema) Disneyland Tilly has been one of the longest serving Cast Members at Disneyland, probably because she is a mannequin. Tilly works the box office at the Main Street Cinema and she just so happens to be from Marceline, as stated on her name tag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/fc6ec10e-cdd8-4cd2-b055-12c5736b7e47/2016-04-08_0066.jpeg Disney - Marceline in Disney - EP Ripley (Disneyland Railroad) Disneyland It’s well known that Walt had a love for trains, and Marceline was a city built by the Santa Fe Railroad. In fact, when Disneyland first opened in 1955, the attraction was sponsored by Santa Fe and was officially named the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad. EP Ripley, was the president of the Santa Fe Railroad and a park was named in his honor in Marceline, EP Ripley Park, which was a place the Disney family often visited. Walt extended the honor to Disneyland and named a locomotive after EP Ripley. Walt, himself, even rode in on that very train during the opening of Disneyland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/88a4d082-3bd3-4862-b41a-c7c20de0fae6/IMG_20171030_102752004_Fotor.jpg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Coca-Cola Refreshment Corner Disneyland The Coca-Cola Refreshment Corner was inspired by two different things in Marceline. The building itself is modeled after the Zurcher Building (located on a corner) and the Coke Wall next door, which inspired the theming at Disneyland. This can also by found at Tokyo Disneyland, and be found under the name Casey’s Corner at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/f55a3ebd-083b-448d-abaa-80e10d1ccfe2/Downtown-Disney-Disneyland-29.jpg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Marceline’s Confectionery Disneyland (Downtown Disney) As a tribute to the former confectionery in Marceline, Walt added a confectionery to Main Street in Disneyland. Another confectionery opened in Downtown Disney, this time being named in honor of Walt’s hometown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1d9cb078-1839-41e4-8e1d-6c4f27fa5909/Featured-Main-Street-USA.jpeg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Walt’s Main Street Story Disneyland Walking tour of Main Street USA at Disneyland highlights the connections between Walt Disney’s park and his boyhood hometown of Marceline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/4b6c28ec-85f7-43d2-8c95-52db04a74405/Disney-World-Hollywood-Studios-Atmo-Walt-Disney-Presents.jpg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Walt Disney Presents Walt Disney World (Hollywood Studios) Walt Disney Presents is a museum type attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. There are multiple references to Marceline throughout the attraction including a replica of Walt’s Park School desk where he carved his initials. The Walt Disney Hometown Museum has the original desk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/7105e561-cf5f-4596-b3b6-29f609e73487/1_FourSeasons.jpg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Golden Oak Walt Disney World Golden Oak is a residential community located within Walt Disney World’s property. One of their neighborhoods is named after Marceline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/9ac9f398-a54f-4ba5-ab12-fe36aee4d5dd/0_FdyPe9n62Jqa33YJ.jpeg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Marceline Market Disney Cruise Line (Disney Wish) Marceline Market is a restaurant located on Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, Disney Wish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/30e38752-f7d5-4b30-ab44-e9ce9dd866a5/MV5BMWFmMDgxMzctYzYyMy00YTNmLWJhMjUtMmUwODRkYmFmYmNhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQ3Njg3MQ%40%40._V1_.jpg Disney - Marceline in Disney - So Dear to My Heart (1948) So Dear to My Heart was a deeply personal film for Walt. Many of the locations, themes and characters reflected the childhood he had in Marceline. Walt even said, “So Dear was especially close to me. Why, that’s the life my brother and I grew up with as kids out in Missouri.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/a0ab701d-9229-4ccc-90a5-1c80e24c448a/MV5BODk4YWI2MzItYzc2Yi00M2U0LWFhY2MtOTgyODM2NWE0MDcyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI%40._V1_.jpg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Lady and the Tramp (1955) Lady and the Tramp takes place in the heart of America around the turn of the century. Right around the time Walt was growing up in Marceline. The setting for Lady and the Tramp is based on Walt’s nostalgia and memories of Marceline. There is even a fitting restaurant called Tony’s Town Square Restaurant on Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/026458a5-9de1-47ca-b2bb-d58a692df1a1/p28223_p_v8_aa.jpeg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001) This documentary was produced by Walt Disney’s family in celebration of his 100th birthday in 2001. It premiered on an episode of The Wonderful World of Disney. The film crew traveled to Marceline for filming, however, one of the museum’s founders, Rush Johnson, was interviewed for the film. The Walt Disney Hometown Museum screens this film regularly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/8fae161f-fd0c-429d-b7eb-0ae2f75cf66e/MV5BNjk0MDY0MmMtMTU1Yy00MThlLTkyMGYtYWYzODMyOTM2MjAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjAwNzczNTU%40._V1_.jpg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022) A Disney+ documentary that explores the history and impact of Walt Disney’s most popular character, Mickey Mouse. Filmed partly in Marceline, this documentary showcases the Disney Family Farm and event features a the Walt Disney Hometown Museum’s founder and Executive Director Kaye Malins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/43c33667-5777-4d3b-93ca-e07221aed72c/film-walt-disney_small_bGZomyK.jpeg Disney - Marceline in Disney - American Experience (2015) "Walt Disney" The long-running PBS series, American Experience, created an episode about Walt Disney. This episode featured archival footage of Marceline as well as an entire segment regarding Walt’s hometown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/2e4a695e-5d70-4583-8c27-9f2cc4b544e4/D4ywt3FWwAAmrba.jpeg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Mickey Mouse (2019) "Our Homespun Melody" In this episode of the series, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck is a doctor who received his doctor’s license in Marceline, USA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/b592242b-e933-4146-b230-a8fdcae41198/behind-the-attraction-62194533cbc8d.jpeg Disney - Marceline in Disney - Behind the Attraction (2021) "Trains, Trams and Monorails" This episode of the Disney+ series discusses the Disneyland Railroad and tells Walt’s story of his Uncle Mike as part of Walt’s life in Marceline. The episode also shows footage of Walt in Marceline fishing at Yellow Creek. https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/video daily 0.75 2023-03-27 https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/print daily 0.75 2022-05-07 https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/museum daily 0.75 2022-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1650847300318-J8NU1LQI9D8L1X4YQWHF/D612F3FD-FA3F-4EE0-B4BA-8522C68413AD.jpg Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1650847503697-XWC7PWMIPUW32MJZLFVI/IMG_1091.jpg Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1650847619232-3LHNP9WRZJ58GVPZY6WZ/IMG_1093.jpg Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1650847564920-MR2JEYSABM9UHZ9RMOEX/IMG_1090.jpg Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1650847650217-HETH86NHZWX69GZ4J72U/IMG_1087.jpg Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1650847534703-F2C2G3RXT2DUKQIR63N9/IMG_1096.jpg Museum https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/marceline-railroad daily 0.75 2022-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/32c11f17-dd46-4105-b63c-079078f3e5d6/IMG_1388.jpg Marceline - Railroad - Marceline Railroad Story This intimate gallery space tells the history of railroading and coal mining in Marceline. Exhibits begin with early settlers homesteading in the area called Buck Snort to the arrival of the AT&SF and the founding of Marceline. The story ends with the last BNSF crew change in Marceline. Located in the old Santa Fe Lunchroom, admission is included with the purchase of a Walt Disney Hometown Museum ticket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/d2744e1d-6871-43fc-9bd1-18484e3e1598/IMG_1387+2.jpg Marceline - Railroad - E.P. Ripley Park In 1898, the Santa Fe donated land in the center of the town for a park. Walt played in this park as a child and would later name the first steam engine at Disneyland the E.P. Ripley. The park features both a steam engine and caboose. https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/disney daily 0.75 2022-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/1650497353682-C3OG33U27BCL4YMEK92I/Walt%27s+Barn+6-9-16.JPG Disney - Disney Family Farm The Disney family moved to this farm in Marceline in 1906. It was on this very land that a young Walt Disney would say he found the magic of his life. Too young to be responsible for any major farm work, Walt and his younger sister Ruth found a deep connection to the magic of this farmland. On this farm, Walt held his first live show, developed his love for nature, and had a special place under his Dreaming Tree. The Dreaming Tree was a large cottonwood on the farm. Walt would often sit under the tree and draw or imagine stories. Years after he moved to California, he used the model of his family’s barn to create his own barn in his backyard. Using these same blueprints, the Disney barn was restored once again in an old fashioned barn raising to celebrate Walt’s 100th birthday. Although the land is privately owned, guests are welcome to visit the barn 365 days a year from sunrise to sunset at no cost. However, the farmhouse is a private residence so we do ask that all guests be respectful. And don’t forget your pen so you can leave your signature or note to Walt in the barn alongside other fans and dreamers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/c9eeeb29-ad1c-4fc8-a06b-b755ee7aed31/5CFB0A45-4361-4711-B6C2-A4CB3B2962E4.jpg Disney - Walt Disney Elementary School In 1960, Walt Disney personally came to dedicate the new elementary school in Marceline. While other elementary schools have been named for Walt, this was the only one he was actively involved with. Walt donated state of the art equipment and textbooks as well as every single Disney educational product available. He also donated custom playground equipment. He asked legendary Disney animator Bob Moore to create murals throughout the school with some of the most famous Disney characters. These murals are regularly restored and are still there today. At the dedication ceremony, Walt presented the school with an orange Mickey Mouse flag that had been flown over his apartment in Disneyland, he also presented the school with a flag pole from the 1960 Winter Olympics, in which he was the chairman of the Pageantry Committee. The flagpole still stands and is engraved telling the Olympic story, but the Mickey flag is now displayed in the Walt Disney Hometown Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/dce2ca38-7cb4-4d56-b891-e22bbad8bbef/71f29cc134378bf089cebf884941f121-800.jpg Disney - Walt Disney Post Office In 1968, the United States Postal Service issued a stamp commemorating Walt Disney (just 2 years after his death). Many cities with connections to Walt were in contention such as Chicago, Kansas City, Burbank and Anaheim, however, it was Marceline that was chosen to be location where these stamps would be issued. Many years later, in 2003, congress officially renamed this location as the Walt Disney Post Office, the only federal building named after Walt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/534b4009-d150-4dea-abd9-d72e209fb15d/Park+Opening.jpg Disney - Walt Disney Municipal Park Originally built by the Santa Fe Railroad, this park was officially renamed the Walt Disney Municipal Park in 1956. The park is the original location of the Walt Disney Swimming Pool and the Midget Autopia (now in EP Ripley Park). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/62016ba3-9674-43df-b77f-5062b8f12470/Walt%27s+Original+Main+Street+USA+-+one+color.jpg Disney - Main Street USA Main Street USA is a staple of Disney Parks around the world and it started here in Marceline. When Walt lived here it was simply known as Kansas Avenue, Marceline officially adopted the name Main Street USA as a tribute to Walt and his legacy, complete with special mouse ears street signs that Mickey himself unveiled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/d79eb097-983c-4075-875e-7fa024ef1c32/IMG_1386+2.jpg Disney - EP Ripley Park EP Ripley was the president of the Santa Fe Railroad, as an honor to him, the Santa Fe Railroad built this city park in Marceline. The Disney family visited this park quite often during their time in Marceline. A train locomotive was also donated to the park by the Santa Fe Railroad, in which Walt requested to have Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad painted on the side. EP Ripley park is also the home to the restored Autopia track in Marceline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625f5ffc83d8fc1fd6cd7634/81c02def-fba1-4b76-8612-d777535b50a1/DSCN0302.jpg Disney - Coke Wall A young Walt Disney remembered this Coca-Cola Wall from his years in Marceline. This mural inspired the Coca-Cola Refreshment Corner at Disneyland. It was also thought to be lost for many years as another building was constructed in front of it after Walt moved away. Many years later, that building burned down revealing the Coke Wall once again. Notice the Hutcheson’s Furniture and Undertaking ad at the top of the mural. Roy once got him and Walt a job at Hutcheson’s cleaning hearses. 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