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Missouri (/mɪˈzʊəri/ ^ⓘ mih-ZOOR-ee) is a 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. At 1.5 billion years old, the St. Francois Mountains are among the oldest in the world. 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 large 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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Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally formed as Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Battalion, the unit consisted of men recruited in Missouri by Lieutenant Colonel Alonzo W. Slayback during Price's Raid in 1864. The battalion's first action was at the Battle of Pilot Knob on September 27; it later participated in actions at Sedalia, Lexington, and the Little Blue River. In October, the unit was used to find an alternate river crossing during the Battle of the Big Blue River. Later that month, Slayback's unit saw action at the battles of Westport, Marmiton River, and Second Newtonia. The battalion was briefly furloughed in Arkansas before rejoining Major General Sterling Price in Texas in December. Probably around February 1865, the battalion reached official regimental strength after more recruits joined.

On June 2, 1865, the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department surrendered. The men of the regiment were located at different points in Louisiana and Arkansas when they were paroled twelve days later, leading the historian James McGhee to believe that the regiment had disbanded before the surrender. (Full article...)

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Downtown Kansas City skyline

Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, and other portions spill into Clay, Platte, and Cass counties. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090, making it the 37th most-populous city in the United States, as well as the sixth-most populous city in the Midwest. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River from the west. On June 1, 1850, the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued, and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon after.

Sitting on Missouri's western boundary with Kansas, with Downtown near the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, the city encompasses about 319.03 square miles (826.3 km²), making it the 25th largest city by total area in the United States. It is one of Jackson County's two seats along with the major satellite city of Independence; and its other major Missouri suburbs include Blue Springs, Lee's Summit, Raytown, and Liberty. Its major Kansas suburbs include Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, and Kansas City, Kansas. (Full article...)

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Image 1Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 2The 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 3Christopher 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 4Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 5Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 6Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 7Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 8Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 9Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 10The 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 11Missouri is the only state to have two main Federal Reserve Banks (Kansas City bank pictured). (from Missouri)
Image 12The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 13General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 14A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 15Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported by bateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)
Image 16The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 17A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 18Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 19A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 20Missouri 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 21Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 22Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 23Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 24The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 25The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 26Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 27The Missouri Governor's Mansion is included in the Missouri State Capitol Historic District. (from Missouri)
Image 28Missouri 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 29A Rural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
Image 30The 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 31The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from 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 33African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 34Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 35Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (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 37Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 38St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch pioneered the use of refrigerator cars to market beer nationally. (from History of Missouri)
Image 39The Missouri Governor's Mansion is included in the Missouri State Capitol Historic District. (from Missouri)
Image 40Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 41Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 42The 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 43Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 44Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 45The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 46A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 47The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 48Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 49African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 50American 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 51Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 52Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 53The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 54Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 55Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 56Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 57The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 58Missouri is the only state to have two main Federal Reserve Banks (Kansas City bank pictured). (from Missouri)
Image 59Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 60Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from History of Missouri)
Image 61The 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 62Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 63Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 64Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 65Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from History of Missouri)
Image 66Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 67Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 68Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
Image 69Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 70Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 71General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 72Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 73The 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 74Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 75The Mississippi River at Hannibal (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%

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Image 77Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 78Map 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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... that despite Missourians voting for Henry Clay, Missouri representative John Scott voted for John Quincy Adams?
... 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 a Missouri TV station blew up its call letters – literally?
... that Missouri's annual Snake Saturday parade originally began in a hotel parking lot with only four floats?
... 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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1985 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Patriarca12 (talk · contribs · new pages (25)) started on 2024-12-01, score: 34
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