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Missouri (/mɪˈzʊəri/ miz-OOR-ee) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center and into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City.

Humans have inhabited present-day Missouri for at least 12,000 years. The Mississippian culture, which emerged at least in the ninth century, built cities and mounds before declining in the 14th century. When European explorers arrived in the 17th century, they encountered the Osage and Missouria nations. The French incorporated the territory into Louisiana, founding Ste. Genevieve in 1735 and St. Louis in 1764. After a brief period of Spanish rule, the United States acquired Missouri as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Americans from the Upland South rushed into the new Missouri Territory; Missouri played a central role in the westward expansion of the United States. Missouri was admitted as a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. As a border state, Missouri's role in the American Civil War was complex, and it was subject to rival governments, raids, and guerilla warfare. After the war, both Greater St. Louis and the Kansas City metropolitan area became centers of industrialization and business.

Today the state is divided into 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis. Missouri has been called the "Mother of the West", the "Cave State", and the "Show Me State". Its culture blends elements of the Midwestern and Southern United States. It is the birthplace of the musical genres ragtime, Kansas City jazz and St. Louis blues. The well-known Kansas City-style barbecue, and the lesser-known St. Louis-style barbecue, can be found across the state and beyond. (Full article...)

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Lawrence Berry Washington (November 26, 1811 – September 21, 1856) was an American lawyer, military officer, author, Forty-niner, border ruffian, and a member of the Washington family. Washington was born on his family's Cedar Lawn plantation near Charles Town, Virginia (present-day West Virginia) and was the eldest of 13 children. He practiced law, then served as a second lieutenant in the Virginia Volunteers during the Mexican–American War. During his service in the war, Washington reportedly wore the sword of his great-granduncle George Washington.

Following the Mexican–American War, Washington traveled to California in 1849 as a Forty-niner in the California Gold Rush and authored the novel, A Tale to be Told Some Fifty Years Hence. Washington then relocated east to Missouri in the 1850s, where he remained for a few years and fought as a Border Ruffian during the Bleeding Kansas confrontations over slavery along the border between Kansas Territory and Missouri. While under the command of Captain Henry Clay Pate, Washington was present at the June 1856 Free-Stater attack known as Battle of Black Jack, where he sustained minor injuries. Washington died by drowning after falling overboard from a steamboat on the Missouri River in September 1856. His family's descendants claim Washington was murdered by Jayhawkers. (Full article...)

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St. Louis Union Station is a National Historic Landmark and former train station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. At its 1894 opening, the station was the largest in the world that had tracks and passenger service areas all on one level. Traffic peaked at 100,000 people a day in the 1940s. The last Amtrak passenger train left the station in 1978.

In the 1980s, it was renovated as a hotel, shopping center, and entertainment complex. The 2010s and 2020s saw more renovation and expansion of entertainment and office capacity. The current hotel portion of the station is currently a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. (Full article...)

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Image 1Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 2Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 3African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 4The Lake of the Ozarks is one of several man-made lakes in Missouri, created by the damming of several rivers and tributaries. The lake has a surface area of 54,000 acres and 1,150 miles of shoreline and has become a popular tourist destination. (from Missouri)
Image 5Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 6A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 7Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 8Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 9The population center for the United States has been in Missouri since 1980. As of 2020, it is near Interstate 44 in Missouri as it approaches Springfield. (from Missouri)
Image 10Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 11Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
Image 12The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)

Map of counties in Missouri by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Non-Hispanic White

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Black or African American

40–50%

(from Missouri)

Image 14The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 15Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 16A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 17The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 18Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 19A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 20Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 21A Rural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
Image 22Map of counties in Missouri by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
  
  Black or African American
    40–50%
(from Missouri)
Image 23The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City services the western portion of Missouri, as well as all of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. (from Missouri)
Image 24General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 25Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 26Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported by bateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)
Image 27Christopher Bond became the youngest person elected Governor of Missouri in 1972 and was part of the rise of the Republican Party in the state. (from History of Missouri)
Image 28Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 29St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch pioneered the use of refrigerator cars to market beer nationally. (from History of Missouri)
Image 30African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 31The Shelley House in St. Louis was the focus of a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that prohibited restrictive covenants in housing. (from History of Missouri)
Image 32The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 33The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 34Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 35Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 36Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 37Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 38Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 39Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 40The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 41Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 42Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from History of Missouri)
Image 43The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 44Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 45Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 46Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 47The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 48Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from History of Missouri)
Image 49Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 50A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 51Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 52The states and territories of the United States as a result of Missouri's admission as a state on August 10, 1821. The remainder of the former Missouri Territory became unorganized territory. (from Missouri)
Image 53Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 54The population center for the United States has been in Missouri since 1980. As of 2020, it is near Interstate 44 in Missouri as it approaches Springfield. (from Missouri)
Image 55Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 56Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 57Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 58The Lake of the Ozarks is one of several man-made lakes in Missouri, created by the damming of several rivers and tributaries. The lake has a surface area of 54,000 acres and 1,150 miles of shoreline and has become a popular tourist destination. (from Missouri)
Image 59Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 60Missouri has five major sports teams: the Royals and Cardinals of MLB, St. Louis City SC of MLS, the Chiefs of the NFL, and the Blues of the NHL. (from Missouri)
Image 61The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 62The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City services the western portion of Missouri, as well as all of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. (from Missouri)
Image 63Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 64Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 65The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 66The states and territories of the United States as a result of Missouri's admission as a state on August 10, 1821. The remainder of the former Missouri Territory became unorganized territory. (from Missouri)
Image 67The George Washington Carver National Monument near Diamond, Missouri was the first U.S. National Monument dedicated to a non-President and the first for an African-American. (from History of Missouri)
Image 68Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 69Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 70The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 71Missouri has five major sports teams: the Royals and Cardinals of MLB, St. Louis City SC of MLS, the Chiefs of the NFL, and the Blues of the NHL. (from Missouri)
Image 72Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 73American pioneers such as Daniel Boone with his sons Daniel Morgan Boone, Nathan Boone, and other family members, came to Spanish-controlled Missouri during the 1790s. (from History of Missouri)
Image 74The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 75Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 76Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 77Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 78General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)

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... that the steamboat carrying the 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion back from its military service sank in the Red River of the South?
... that a group of Boy Scouts provided first aid to victims of the 2022 Missouri train derailment before first responders arrived?
... that a Missouri TV station blew up its call letters – literally?
... that after his professional gridiron football career, Ed "Brick" Travis served as president of the Missouri Auto Dealers Association and as president of a local school board?
... that despite Missourians voting for Henry Clay, Missouri representative John Scott voted for John Quincy Adams?
... that during the August 2023 Mid-South U.S. floods, 3.77 inches (96 mm) of rain fell in Columbia, Missouri, breaking a 113-year rainfall record?

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