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Missouri Auto Transport
Missouri Moving Boxes
Missouri International Movers
Missouri Self Storage

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 Welcome to Missouri

MISSOURI

Capital City: Jefferson City 
Nicknames: Cave State, Mother of the West, Show Me State, Bullion State
Population, 2005 estimate 5,800,310 residents

State?s Flag: The state flag, adopted in 1913, is red, white, and blue to symbolize loyalty to the Union. The coat of arms in the center is circled by 24 stars, showing Missouri?s status as the 24th state.

The U.S. gained Missouri from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and the territory was admitted as a state following the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Throughout the pre?Civil War period and during the war, Missourians were sharply divided in their opinions about slavery and in their allegiances, supplying both Union and Confederate forces with troops. However, the state itself remained in the Union.

Historically, Missouri played a leading role as a gateway to the West, St. Joseph being the eastern starting point of the Pony Express, while the much-traveled Santa Fe and Oregon trails began in Independence.

Missouri is a leading producer of transportation equipment (including automobile manufacturing and auto parts), beer and beverages, and defense and aerospace technology. Food processing is the state's fastest-growing industry.

Tourism draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to a number of Missouri points of interest: the country-music shows of Branson; Bass Pro Shops national headquarters (Springfield); the Gateway Arch at the Jefferson National Expansion (St. Louis); Mark Twain's boyhood home (Hannibal); the Harry S. Truman home and library (Independence); the scenic beauty of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways; and the Pony Express and Jesse James museums (St. Joseph). The state's different lake regions also attract fishermen and sun-seekers from throughout the Midwest.

Fun Facts:

• The 'Show Me State' expression may have began in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, "I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me".
• At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, served tea with ice and invented iced tea.
• Missouri ties with Tennessee as the most neighborly state in the union, bordered by 8 states.
• Also, at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the ice cream cone was invented. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to hold ice cream.
• St. Louis; is also called, "The Gateway to the West" and "Home of the Blues".
• President Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, May 8, 1884.
• Missouri was named after a tribe called Missouri Indians; meaning "town of the large canoes".

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