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Missouri (/mɪˈzʊəri/ ^ⓘ miz-OOR-ee) is a double 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 in the ninth century, built cities and mounds before declining in the 14th century. The Indigenous Osage and Missouria nations inhabited the area when European people arrived in the 17th century. 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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Wade's Battery (later Walsh's Battery, also known as the 1st Light Battery) was an artillery battery in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The battery was mustered into Confederate service on December 28, 1861; many of the members of the battery had previously served in the Missouri State Guard. Assigned to the First Missouri Brigade, the battery saw action at the Battle of Pea Ridge and the Second Battle of Corinth in 1862. In 1863, the battery fought at the Battle of Grand Gulf, where Captain William Wade, first commander of the battery, was killed. The battery later saw action at the Battle of Champion Hill, Battle of Big Black River Bridge, and the Siege of Vicksburg. When the Confederates surrendered at the end of the Siege of Vicksburg, the men of the battery became prisoners of war. After a prisoner exchange, the men of the battery were combined with Landis's Battery and Guibor's Battery on October 3, 1863, and Wade's Battery ceased to exist as a separate unit. (Full article...)

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Aunt Jemima was an American breakfast brand for pancake mix, table syrup, and other breakfast food products. The original version of the pancake mix was developed in 1888–1889 by the Pearl Milling Company and was advertised as the first "ready-mix" cooking product.

Aunt Jemima was modeled after, and has been a famous example of, the "Mammy" archetype in the Southern United States. Due to the "Mammy" stereotype's historical ties to the Jim Crow era, Quaker Oats announced in June 2020 that the Aunt Jemima brand would be discontinued "to make progress toward racial equality", leading to the Aunt Jemima image being removed by the fourth quarter of 2020. (Full article...)

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Image 1Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 2A physiographic map of Missouri (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 4Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 5African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 6The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 7Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 8Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 9Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 10The 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 11General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 12Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 13Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 14Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 15St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch pioneered the use of refrigerator cars to market beer nationally. (from History of Missouri)
Image 16Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 17Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 18Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 19Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 20Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 21The Missouri Governor's Mansion is included in the Missouri State Capitol Historic District. (from Missouri)
Image 22The 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 23Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 24Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 25Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 26Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 27Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 28African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 29Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 30The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 31Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 32The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 33Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (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 Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 36Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 37The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 38Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 39The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 40The 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 41Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 42Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 43The 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 44The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 45The 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 46The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 47Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 48Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 49The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 50Missouri is the only state to have two main Federal Reserve Banks (Kansas City bank pictured). (from Missouri)
Image 51A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 52Missouri 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 53Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 54Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 55Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 56Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
Image 57Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from History of Missouri)
Image 58Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 59The Missouri Governor's Mansion is included in the Missouri State Capitol Historic District. (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 61Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 62Christopher 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 63Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from 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 65Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported by bateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)
Image 66Missouri is the only state to have two main Federal Reserve Banks (Kansas City bank pictured). (from Missouri)
Image 67A Rural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
Image 68A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 69Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 70The 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 71American 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 72Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 73The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 74The 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 75Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 76Map 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 77General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 78Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from History of Missouri)

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... that Missouri's annual Snake Saturday parade originally began in a hotel parking lot with only four floats?
... that despite Missourians voting for Henry Clay, Missouri representative John Scott voted for John Quincy Adams?
... 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 a group of Boy Scouts provided first aid to victims of the 2022 Missouri train derailment before first responders arrived?
... 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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