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Why are there so many US towns called Moscow?
There鈥檚 a theory in Moscow, Indiana, that the town got its name because it was a place where an old woman lost her cow, Ma鈥檚 cow. Or maybe there was moss there that cows liked to eat? Moss cow. The truth is more interesting.
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(Image: A road sign in Moscow, Ohio in 1987. Credit Courtesy Ren Vasilyev)
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