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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 was admitted as a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Many from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee settled in the Boonslick area of Mid-Missouri. Soon after, a heavy settlement of Rhinelanders created the Missouri Rhineland, a German cultural region specializing in wine production.

Missouri played a central role in the westward expansion of the United States, as memorialized by the Gateway Arch. The Pony Express, Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail and California Trail all began in Missouri. 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. (Full article...)

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Arnold Ray McBride (born February 3, 1949), nicknamed "Shake 'n Bake" and "the Callaway Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cleveland Indians between 1973 and 1983. He had the most success with the Phillies teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

After attending Fulton High School and Westminster College in Missouri, McBride debuted for the Cardinals in 1973. He was the 1974 National League Rookie of the Year, and subsequently represented the National League (NL) in the 1976 MLB All-Star Game. McBride was a member of the world champion 1980 Phillies team, hitting a three-run home run in the first game of that year's World Series. (Full article...)

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The skyline of St. Louis is home to some of the most architecturally significant buildings in the United States. From its eye catching Gateway Arch, from its beautiful granite facade, copper roofed One Metropolitan Square. The St. Louis skyline is unique because of its architecture, but also the fact that St. Louis has some of the most historical buildings in the country. Located in its skylines heart of downtown, such as the historical Wainwright Building which is one of the United States first skyscraper’s built, designed by famed architect Louis Sullivan. Another prominent St. Louis famed building is its beautiful Old Courthouse where the Dred Scott case took place. Some of its other tallest buildings include 909 Chestnut Street, and the second tallest courthouse in the world, the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse. (Full article...)

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Image 1Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 2Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 3The 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 4Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
Image 5Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 6The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 7The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 8St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch pioneered the use of refrigerator cars to market beer nationally. (from History of Missouri)
Image 9Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 10The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 11Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 12Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 13Missouri 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 14Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 15Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 16The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 17The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 18Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 19African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 20American 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 21A Rural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
Image 22Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 23Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from History of Missouri)
Image 24Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 25Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 26Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 27The 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 28Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)

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

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Black or African American

40–50%

(from Missouri)

Image 30The 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 31Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported by bateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)
Image 32The 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 33Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 34The 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 35The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 36The 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 37A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 38Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 39Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 40Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 41A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 42Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 43Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 44Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 45Christopher 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 46A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 47The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 48Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 49Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 50Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 51The 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 52The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 53Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 54Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 55Missouri 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 56General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 57The 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 58The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 59African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 60Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 61Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (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 63Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 64Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 65Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 66The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 67Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 68Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 69Map 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 70General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 71The 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 72The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 73Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 74Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 75The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 76A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 77Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from History of Missouri)
Image 78Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)

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... that a group of Boy Scouts provided first aid to victims of the 2022 Missouri train derailment before first responders arrived?
... that Missouri's annual Snake Saturday parade originally began in a hotel parking lot with only four floats?
... 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?
... 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 supporters of a 2020 ballot initiative to expand Medicaid in Missouri did not use the words "Medicaid expansion" to describe their proposal in some campaign material?

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