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[[Image:Missouri_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Missouri.]] | [[Image:Missouri_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Missouri.]] | ||
| − | '''Missouri''' is a Midwestern state that was admitted to the Union as a slave state on August 10, 1821. Its nickname is the "Show Me State". Its capital is [[Jefferson City]] and its largest cities are, respectively, [[Kansas City]], [[St. Louis]], and Springfield. | + | '''Missouri''' is a Midwestern state that was admitted to the Union as a slave state on August 10, 1821. Its nickname is the "Show Me State". Its capital is [[Jefferson City]] and its largest cities are, respectively, [[Kansas City]], [[St. Louis]], and Springfield. Missouri borders [[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], [[Iowa]], and [[Nebraska]]. |
==Gun Laws== | ==Gun Laws== | ||
Revision as of 20:21, June 11, 2007
File:Missouri State Flag.gif
The state flag of Missouri.
Missouri is a Midwestern state that was admitted to the Union as a slave state on August 10, 1821. Its nickname is the "Show Me State". Its capital is Jefferson City and its largest cities are, respectively, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield. Missouri borders Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska.
Gun Laws
The minimum age to purchase or own a handgun is 21, and the minimum age to get a concealed carry permit is 23.
Miscellaneous
The term "Missouri" comes from an Algonquin word roughly translating to "river of the big canoes". [1]
St. Louis hosted the World's Fair in 1904, where the ice cream cone was invented. [2]
The mule is the state animal.
Notable Missourians
- Former Attorney General John Ashcroft used to live in Springfield.
- Five star general Omar Bradley was from Clark.
- Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was from Hannibal.
- Poet T.S. Eliot was from St. Louis.
- Political commentator Rush Limbaugh is from Cape Girardeau.
- President Harry Truman lived in Lamar and Independence.
- Journalist Catherine J. Sambark