Place Name: Brazito
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Brazito was founded in 1850. Soldiers of Cole County, returning from the Mexican War, named it for Brazito, New Mexico. (O.L. Moore; Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri, 1910) Source:Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.
Story of the Battle of Brazito during the Mexican War. |
