Missouriana


Missouri State Capitol
Missouri State Capitol
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection,  LC-D41-73 DLC



Missouri Icons
Missouri's President -- Harry S Truman.  External link.
Missouri's Motto -- "The Show-Me State".  External link.
The Missouri River -- External link.
The Gateway Arch -- External link.
Missouri "State" Things (i.e. State Bird, State Flower, State Dinosaur {I kid you not!}).  External link. (Yes, another one.  OK, I'm getting lazy.)


Geography

The Landscape

Nature

Wildlife
Natural Disasters

Education

Trying to round up Missouri colleges and universities for this section, I've found, is like trying to catch minnows with your bare hands.  The little devils are everywhere!  In the interests of not having the college kids take over the website, I'm going to limit this section to a few notable institutions:
University of Missouri - Columbia
Cottey College
Stephen's College
College of the Ozarks

The Arts

Music
Theater and Dance
Museums

Towns and Cities

Just a rundown of a few of our towns and cities, including some of the larger or more historically significant places and a few that are more obscure but are dear to me.  In alphabetical order:
Clinton
Columbia
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Sedalia
Springfield
Ste. Genevieve
St. Louis
Tightwad
Warsaw

Famous Missourians

Thomas Hart Benton
Mark Twain
Marlin Perkins
Vincent Price
Brad Pitt

Ghosts and Oddities

Patience Worth
The Hornet Spook Light
Lemp Mansion
My Own Ghost Stories
Reader's Stories

tractor
"The rear axles hold the kick of twenty Missouri jackasses."

From "New Farm Tractor" by Carl Sandburg.

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