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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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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Assuming the presidency after Roosevelt's death, Truman implemented the Marshall Plan in the wake of World War II to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the conservative coalition that dominated the Congress.

Truman was raised in Independence, Missouri, and during World War I fought in France as a captain in the Field Artillery. Returning home, he opened a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri, and was elected as a judge of Jackson County in 1922. Truman was elected to the United States Senate from Missouri in 1934. Between 1940 and 1944, he gained national prominence as chairman of the Truman Committee, which was aimed at reducing waste and inefficiency in wartime contracts. (Full article...)

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The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant portion of northern Arkansas and most of the southern half of Missouri, extending from Interstate 40 in central Arkansas to Interstate 70 in central Missouri.

There are two mountain ranges in the Ozarks: the Boston Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma, as well as the St. Francois Mountains of Missouri. Wahzhazhe Summit (formerly known as Buffalo Lookout), is the highest point in the Ozarks at 2,561 feet (781 m), and is located in the Boston Mountains, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) east of Pettigrew, Newton County, Arkansas. Geologically, the area is a broad dome with the exposed core in the ancient St. Francois Mountains. The Ozarks cover nearly 47,000 square miles (120,000 km²), making it the most extensive highland region between the Appalachians and Rockies. Together with the Ouachita Mountains, the area is known as the U.S. Interior Highlands. (Full article...)

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Image 1The 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 2The 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 3The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 4The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 5Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 6Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 7General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 8Missouri 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 9The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 10African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 11Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported by bateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)
Image 12A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 13Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from History of Missouri)
Image 14A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 15Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 16Christopher 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 17The 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 18The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 19The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 20General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 21Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 22Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 23Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 24Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 25A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 26The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 27Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 28Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
Image 29Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 30Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 31Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 32Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 33American 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 34Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 35Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from History of Missouri)
Image 36Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 37The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 38The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 39Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 40The 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 41Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (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)

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%

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Image 45Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (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 47Map 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 48Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 49Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 50The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 51The 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 52Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 53Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (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 mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 56Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 57Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 58Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 59Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 60Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 61The 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 62The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 63A Rural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
Image 64Missouri 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 65African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 66Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 67Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 68The 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 69Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 70Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 71Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 72Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 73The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 74Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 75Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 76Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 77The 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 78The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (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 Missouri TV station blew up its call letters – literally?
... that the steamboat carrying the 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion back from its military service sank in the Red River of the South?
... that Missouri's annual Snake Saturday parade originally began in a hotel parking lot with only four floats?
... that a group of Boy Scouts provided first aid to victims of the 2022 Missouri train derailment before first responders arrived?
... that despite Missourians voting for Henry Clay, Missouri representative John Scott voted for John Quincy Adams?

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