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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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The Second Battle of Independence was fought on October 22, 1864, near Independence, Missouri, as part of Price's Raid during the American Civil War. In late 1864, Major General Sterling Price of the Confederate States Army led a cavalry force into the state of Missouri, hoping to create a popular uprising against Union control, draw Union Army troops from more important areas, and influence the 1864 United States presidential election.

Price was opposed by a combination of Union Army and Kansas State Militia forces positioned near Kansas City and led by Major General Samuel R. Curtis. Union cavalry under Major General Alfred Pleasonton followed Price from the east, working to catch up to the Confederates from the rear. While moving westwards along the Missouri River, Price's men made contact with Curtis's Union troops at the Little Blue River on October 21. After forcing the Union soldiers to retreat in the Battle of Little Blue River, the Confederates occupied the city of Independence, which was 7 miles (11 km) away. (Full article...)

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The Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch in Downtown St. Louis

St. Louis (/seɪnt ˈluːɪs, sənt-/ saynt LOO-iss, sənt-) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while its bi-state metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million. It is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second largest in Illinois. The city's combined statistical area (CSA) is the 20th largest in the United States.

The land that is now St. Louis had been occupied by Native American cultures for thousands of years before European settlement. The city was founded on February 14, 1764, by French fur traders Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent, Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau. They named it for king Louis IX of France, and it quickly became the regional center of the French Illinois Country. In 1804, the United States acquired St. Louis as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In the 19th century, St. Louis developed as a major port on the Mississippi River; from 1870 until the 1920 census, it was the fourth-largest city in the country. It separated from St. Louis County in 1877, becoming an independent city and limiting its political boundaries. In 1904, it hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, and the Summer Olympics. (Full article...)

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Image 1Missouri 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 2Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 3Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)

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

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50–60%

60–70%

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Image 5Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 6Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from History of Missouri)
Image 7Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 8Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 9Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 10Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 11A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 12The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 13Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
Image 14Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported by bateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)
Image 15A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 16Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 17Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 18Missouri 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 19The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 20The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 21The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 22Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 23The 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 24Christopher 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 25General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 26Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 27Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 28Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from History of Missouri)
Image 29Map 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 30Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 31Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 32Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 33Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 34Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 35Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 36The 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 37The 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 38Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 39The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 40African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 41Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 42Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 43The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 44The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 45A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 46Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 47Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 48The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 49The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 50A Rural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
Image 51Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 52Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 53The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 54St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch pioneered the use of refrigerator cars to market beer nationally. (from History of Missouri)
Image 55Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 56The 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 57Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 58The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 59African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 60The 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 61A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 62Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 63Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 64The 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 65General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 66The 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 67The 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 68Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 69Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 70American 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 71Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 72The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 73Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 74Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 75The 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 76Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 77Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 78The 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)

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... 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 group of Boy Scouts provided first aid to victims of the 2022 Missouri train derailment before first responders arrived?
... 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 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 Missouri's annual Snake Saturday parade originally began in a hotel parking lot with only four floats?
... 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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