Famous Missourians
Well-known cartoonist and creator of entertainment empire. He introduced the world to Mickey Mouse.
Walt Disney
Thomas Jefferson paid $15 million in this deal in 1803, which included the land that would later become several states, including Missouri.
The Louisiana Purchase
Missouri's stubborn state animal.
The mule
The 1904 World's Fair
These two rivers make up the eastern border of the state and flow across the entire middle - meeting just north of St Louis.
The Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers
She wrote about her settler upbringing in famous "Little House" children's books.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The year that Missouri became a state.
1821
Missouri's colorful state bird.
The bluebird
Visitors can take a tram up 630 feet to a viewing deck offering sights of the entire city below. Also, Missouri's only National Park.
State capital of Missouri
Jefferson City
A poet and playwright involved in the Harlem Renaissance was born in Joplin in 1901.
Langston Hughes
This historic, horse-based, mail route began in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The Pony Express
Missouri's state flower, not to be confused with the state tree.
White Hawthorn
Created by an impoundment of the Osage River in 1931, this lake is one of the most popular destinations in the Midwest... and even inspired a crime drama TV show.
Lake of the Ozarks
This is the tallest peak in all of Missouri.
Taum Sauk Mountain
Harry S Truman
The Missouri State Motto, "Salus populi suprema lex esto" translates to...
The welfare of the people is the highest law.
Missouri's state tree, not be confused with the state flower.
Dogwood
This baseball team was founded in 1920, was the first to use portable lighting for night games in 1930, and boasted star players like Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige.
The Kansas City Monarchs
Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa
George Washington Carver
Usually referred to by their last names, they led the expedition following the Missouri River and more, from St. Charles all the way out to the Pacific Ocean. William Clark and ________ Lewis.
Meriwether
The state instrument, played by rubbing a horse hair bow across strings. It's fancier name is the violin.
The fiddle.
This sweet dish was originally an accident, when a baker in South St. Louis reversed the amounts of butter and flour or sugar, but decided to make the sticky batter anyway.
Gooey Butter Cake
The number of counties in Missouri
114 (and the city of St. Louis)