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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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David Michael Sisler (October 16, 1931 – January 9, 2011) was a professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1956 through 1962. Early in his career, Sisler was a starter, then later was used as a middle reliever and occasionally as a closer. He reached the majors in 1956 with the Boston Red Sox after he completed a two-year obligation in the active military. After three-and-a-half seasons with the Red Sox, he was traded to the Detroit Tigers in 1959 and served the team through the 1960 season. Before the 1961 season, he was selected by the Washington Senators in the 1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft, for whom he played the 1961 season. He was then traded to the Cincinnati Reds in 1962, playing one season at the major league level, and one in their minor league system.

His most productive years came with Boston, where he won 24 games from 1956 to 1958, averaging 138 innings each season. After that, he appeared strictly as a reliever and saved a career-high 11 games for the Senators. In a seven-season career, Sisler posted a 38–44 record with a 4.33 ERA in 247 appearances, including 29 saves, 12 complete games, one shutout and 6561⁄3 innings. Sisler retired from baseball after the 1963 season to become an investment firm executive, a career that lasted for over 30 years, retiring as a vice-chairman for A. G. Edwards. (Full article...)

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Jayhawker and red leg are terms that came to prominence in Kansas Territory during the Bleeding Kansas period of the 1850s; they were adopted by militant bands affiliated with the free-state cause during the American Civil War. These gangs were guerrillas who often clashed with pro-slavery groups from Missouri, known at the time in Kansas Territory as "Border Ruffians" or "Bushwhackers". After the Civil War, the word "Jayhawker" became synonymous with the people of Kansas, or anybody born in Kansas. Today a modified version of the term, Jayhawk, is used as a nickname for a native-born Kansan. (Full article...)

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Image 1Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 2Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 3Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported by bateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)

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

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Image 5African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 6Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
Image 7Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 8The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 9Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 10Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 11The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 12Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 13Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 14The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 15Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 16Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 17Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 18Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 19Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 20Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 21Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from History of Missouri)
Image 22The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 23The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 24Map 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%
  
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    90%+
  
  Black or African American
    40–50%
(from Missouri)
Image 25Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 26Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 27Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 28Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 29A Rural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
Image 30Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 31Missouri 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 32The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 33Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 34A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 35The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 36American 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 37The 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 38Christopher 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 39Missouri 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 40A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 41The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 42Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 43St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch pioneered the use of refrigerator cars to market beer nationally. (from History of Missouri)
Image 44Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 45Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 46The 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 47Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 48Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 49A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 50Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 51Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 52Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 53The 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 54The 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 55A physiographic map of Missouri (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 57African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 58The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 59Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 60Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 61Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 62Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 63The 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 64The 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 65The 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 66Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 67Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 68The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 69The 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 70Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 71The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 72The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 73Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 74Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 75General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 76Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from History of Missouri)
Image 77The 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 78The 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)

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... 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?
... 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 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 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 the steamboat carrying the 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion back from its military service sank in the Red River of the South?

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