Editing Missouri Valley, Iowa (section)

==History==
Originally, Missouri Valley was known as St. John's (Findley or Old St. Johns), and established in 1856.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GNIS Detail - Township of Saint John|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:468655,Township%20of%20Saint%20John|access-date=2021-07-09|website=geonames.usgs.gov}}</ref> This settlement was founded at the intersection of the Chicago & Northwestern, Sioux City & Pacific, and the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley lines. Following the collapse of [[Wildcat banking|wild cat banks]] in 1858 and the near completion of the railroad, the town was moved 2 miles from its original location and renamed "New St. Johns".<ref>{{Cite web|title=St John's Township - Harrison County Iowa History|url=http://iagenweb.org/harrison/twp/twpstjoh.htm|access-date=2021-07-09|website=iagenweb.org}}</ref> The town was formally renamed a second time soon after, this time being named after the valley of the [[Missouri River]].<ref name="history" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Community|url=https://cityofmissourivalley.com/community/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=City of Missouri Valley, Iowa|language=en-US}}</ref>

Missouri Valley was formally laid out in 1867 when the [[Chicago and North Western Transportation Company|Chicago and North Western Railway]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_bH8HtIwXzdcC | title=History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth | publisher=Western Publishing Company | year=1882 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_bH8HtIwXzdcC/page/n308 309]}}</ref><ref name="history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA103 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=103}}</ref>   Missouri Valley was a true railroad town in the late 1800s. The Sioux City and Pacific's headquarters was there and with it came the associated repair and machine shops, blacksmith, round house, etc. By 1896 population was approaching 4,000 and 25 passenger trains were coming in and out of Missouri Valley each day on 3 different lines. In 1900 the city adopted a resolution that the railroads were its chief industry and main sustenance.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1532&context=studentwork|title=The development of Missouri Valley, Iowa to 1931 | author = John W. Gard}}</ref>