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The city gradually modernized throughout the 20th century. The first hospital, St. Mary's, was built in 1905, and streetcar service began in 1911. A fire destroyed the second capitol building that same year, prompting the construction of the third and present structure, completed in 1917. A new hospital (Still) was added in 1951, and another (Memorial) in the 1960s. Lower-lying portions of Jefferson City were damaged during the historic Flood of 1993, but soon recovered. In 2004, the Missouri State Penitentiary, which had been in operation since 1836 and housed such inmates as anarchist [[Emma Goldman]] and [[James Earl Ray]], assassin of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] (though before his commission of that murder), closed down. It now functions as a museum and historic site.

The city gradually modernized throughout the 20th century. The first hospital, St. Mary's, was built in 1905, and streetcar service began in 1911. A fire destroyed the second capitol building that same year, prompting the construction of the third and present structure, completed in 1917. A new hospital (Still) was added in 1951, and another (Memorial) in the 1960s. Lower-lying portions of Jefferson City were damaged during the historic Flood of 1993, but soon recovered. In 2004, the Missouri State Penitentiary, which had been in operation since 1836 and housed such inmates as anarchist [[Emma Goldman]] and [[James Earl Ray]], assassin of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] (though before his commission of that murder), closed down. It now functions as a museum and historic site.

Jefferson City is the home of the [[minor league]] baseball team, the [[River City Otters]], a Triple A team associated with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]].[http://mlb.cardinals.com]

Jefferson City is the home of the [[minor league]] baseball team, the [[River City Otters]], a Triple A team associated with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]].<ref>http://mlb.cardinals.com</ref>

==Geography==

==Geography==