Missouri History
This 33rd U.S. President was born in Lamar, Missouri, and later called Independence, Missouri, home.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This silversmith famously rode through the Massachusetts countryside on the night of April 18, 1775, warning colonial militia that British troops were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
CFM Insurance was founded in this year in Concordia, Missouri.
What is 1869?
This catastrophic 1666 event in London destroyed over 13,000 homes and is widely credited with sparking the modern fire insurance industry.
What is the Great Fire of London?
The very first Missouri State Fair was held for five days in September of what year?
What is 1901?
Missouri entered the Union in 1821 as this numbered state, admitted as part of the Missouri Compromise.
What is the 24th state?
This seamstress is widely credited with sewing the first American flag at George Washington's request.
Who is Betsy Ross?
CFM's headquarters in Concordia sits in this Missouri county, where CFM holds the record as the longest-running business.
What is Lafayette County?
This Founding Father co-founded the Philadelphia Contributionship in 1752, one of the first successful insurance companies in colonial America, to protect homes from fire.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A record recent single-day attendance of 51,612 came on a Saturday featuring good weather and a sold-out concert by this country star.
Who is Jason Aldean?
This mail delivery service, using horse-mounted riders racing across the frontier, launched its first run from St. Joseph, Missouri, in April 1860.
What is the Pony Express?
This document, ratified in 1791, added the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
As a mutual insurance company, CFM is owned by this group, rather than by outside shareholders.
Who are its policyholders?
This insurance professional evaluates risk and decides whether to approve an application — and at what price — before a policy is issued.
What is an underwriter?
Sedalia's role as fair host draws roughly this many visitors to town each August.
What is 400,000?
Nicknamed the "Battle of the Hemp Bales" for the wet hemp bales soldiers used as makeshift fortifications, this 1861 Civil War battle was fought in this Missouri river town.
What is Lexington, Missouri
This man's was the largest and most famous signature on the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
CFM operates under this chapter of Missouri law, which governs how mutual insurance companies are structured and regulated in the state.
What is Chapter 380?
This term describes a specific risk or cause of loss — like fire, theft, or wind — that a policy covers.
What is a peril?
This decades-old political tradition brings government leaders together at the Missouri State Fair over ham and eggs each August, and has run for more than 70 years.
What is the Governor's Ham Breakfast?
This is Missouri's official state bird.
What is the Eastern Bluebird?
This brutal winter encampment in Pennsylvania tested the endurance of Washington's Continental Army in 1777–78.
What is Valley Forge?
Before becoming CFM Insurance, the company went through several name changes, including "Freedom Farmers Fire Benevolent Association" and this final name just before its 1993 merger.
What is Concordia Farmers Mutual Insurance Company?
This type of coverage, which insurance companies buy to protect themselves against catastrophic losses, is sometimes called "insurance for insurers."
What is reinsurance?
This family donated the fairground site in Sedalia, land they'd originally set aside hoping to land the state capitol.
Who is the Van Riper Family?