#JoplinMissouri, incorporated #1873, straddling two counties, #JasperCounty & #NewtonCounty. A combination of #ZincMining & #RailroadConstruction lead to the formation of the city from the founding date till shortly after WorldWarI. Afterwards, economic shifts, were more driven by agricultural markets & and the ongoing needs of a to supply & support a population that leveled out @ approximately 51,000-Much of Joplin was destroyed and/or damaged by a massive tornado 🌪 22 May 2011. Nicknamed #JoMo, it has managed to survive being part of #TornadoAlley & has had far more damage inflicted on it by the #WaltonFamily, whose insatiable greed created the massive Walmart that destroyed much of the downtown section of the city far more than any tornado could. #RefrigeratorMagnetsOfTheWorld presents #Joplin. (at Joplin, Missouri)
