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Missouri (/mɪˈzʊəri/ miz-OOR-ee) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center and into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City.

Humans have inhabited present-day Missouri for at least 12,000 years. The Mississippian culture, which emerged at least in the ninth century, built cities and mounds before declining in the 14th century. When European explorers arrived in the 17th century, they encountered the Osage and Missouria nations. The French incorporated the territory into Louisiana, founding Ste. Genevieve in 1735 and St. Louis in 1764. After a brief period of Spanish rule, the United States acquired Missouri as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Americans from the Upland South rushed into the new Missouri Territory; Missouri played a central role in the westward expansion of the United States. Missouri was admitted as a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. As a border state, Missouri's role in the American Civil War was complex, and it was subject to rival governments, raids, and guerilla warfare. After the war, both Greater St. Louis and the Kansas City metropolitan area became centers of industrialization and business.

Today the state is divided into 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis. Missouri has been called the "Mother of the West", the "Cave State", and the "Show Me State". Its culture blends elements of the Midwestern and Southern United States. It is the birthplace of the musical genres ragtime, Kansas City jazz and St. Louis blues. The well-known Kansas City-style barbecue, and the lesser-known St. Louis-style barbecue, can be found across the state and beyond. (Full article...)

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The Battle of Byram's Ford (also known as the Battle of Big Blue River and the Battle of the Blue) was fought on October 22 and 23, 1864, in Missouri during Price's Raid, a campaign of the American Civil War. With the Confederate States of America collapsing, Major General Sterling Price of the Confederate States Army conducted an invasion of the state of Missouri in late 1864. Union forces led Price to abandon goals of capturing the cities of St. Louis and Jefferson City, and he turned west with his army towards Kansas City.

On October 22, Price's army found itself caught between two Union forces, commanded by Major Generals James G. Blunt and Alfred Pleasonton. Part of Price's force conducted a delaying action against Pleasonton in the Second Battle of Independence, while the division of Brigadier General Joseph O. Shelby broke Blunt's line at Byram's Ford on the Big Blue River by crossing at an unguarded ford above the Union defenses. The Union defenders were forced to retreat to the Kansas state line, and the 2nd Kansas State Militia Infantry Regiment was caught at the Mockbee Farm and overwhelmed. Meanwhile, Pleasonton's men pushed Price's rear guard across the Big Blue in the Second Battle of Independence. (Full article...)

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Michael Lynn Parson (born September 17, 1955) is an American politician serving as the 57th governor of Missouri since 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Parson assumed the governorship when Eric Greitens resigned, as he was lieutenant governor at the time. Parson served the remainder of Greitens's term and was elected governor in his own right in 2020.

Parson served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011 and the Missouri Senate from 2011 to 2017. He was elected lieutenant governor in 2016. He assumed the governorship on June 1, 2018, upon Greitens's resignation. As governor, Parson signed a bill criminalizing abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy and opposed Medicaid expansion. He oversaw the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, issuing a temporary stay-at-home order in April 2020 but allowing school districts to decide whether to close. Parson placed restrictions on mail-in voting during the 2020 U.S. elections, and oversaw Missouri's reaction to the George Floyd protests. (Full article...)

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Image 1Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 2Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 3Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 4Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 5The population center for the United States has been in Missouri since 1980. As of 2020, it is near Interstate 44 in Missouri as it approaches Springfield. (from Missouri)
Image 6Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 7The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 8Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 9Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 10Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 11The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 12Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 13Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 14The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 15The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 16Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 17Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 18The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 19The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 20Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 21Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 22Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 23General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 24A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 25The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 26The states and territories of the United States as a result of Missouri's admission as a state on August 10, 1821. The remainder of the former Missouri Territory became unorganized territory. (from Missouri)
Image 27Missouri has five major sports teams: the Royals and Cardinals of MLB, St. Louis City SC of MLS, the Chiefs of the NFL, and the Blues of the NHL. (from Missouri)
Image 28Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 29The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 30The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 31Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 32The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City services the western portion of Missouri, as well as all of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. (from Missouri)
Image 33Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 34The George Washington Carver National Monument near Diamond, Missouri was the first U.S. National Monument dedicated to a non-President and the first for an African-American. (from History of Missouri)
Image 35African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 36The population center for the United States has been in Missouri since 1980. As of 2020, it is near Interstate 44 in Missouri as it approaches Springfield. (from Missouri)
Image 37Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 38A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 39The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 40Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 41Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 42The Lake of the Ozarks is one of several man-made lakes in Missouri, created by the damming of several rivers and tributaries. The lake has a surface area of 54,000 acres and 1,150 miles of shoreline and has become a popular tourist destination. (from Missouri)
Image 43Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 44The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 45General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 46Missouri has five major sports teams: the Royals and Cardinals of MLB, St. Louis City SC of MLS, the Chiefs of the NFL, and the Blues of the NHL. (from Missouri)
Image 47African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 48The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City services the western portion of Missouri, as well as all of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. (from Missouri)
Image 49Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 50Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
Image 51The states and territories of the United States as a result of Missouri's admission as a state on August 10, 1821. The remainder of the former Missouri Territory became unorganized territory. (from Missouri)
Image 52Christopher Bond became the youngest person elected Governor of Missouri in 1972 and was part of the rise of the Republican Party in the state. (from History of Missouri)
Image 53Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from History of Missouri)
Image 54Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 55Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 56Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 57Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 58Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 59St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch pioneered the use of refrigerator cars to market beer nationally. (from History of Missouri)
Image 60Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 61Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 62Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 63Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 64Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)

Map of counties in Missouri by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Non-Hispanic White

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Black or African American

40–50%

(from Missouri)

Image 66The Shelley House in St. Louis was the focus of a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that prohibited restrictive covenants in housing. (from History of Missouri)
Image 67A Rural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
Image 68The Lake of the Ozarks is one of several man-made lakes in Missouri, created by the damming of several rivers and tributaries. The lake has a surface area of 54,000 acres and 1,150 miles of shoreline and has become a popular tourist destination. (from Missouri)
Image 69Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported by bateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)
Image 70American pioneers such as Daniel Boone with his sons Daniel Morgan Boone, Nathan Boone, and other family members, came to Spanish-controlled Missouri during the 1790s. (from History of Missouri)
Image 71A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 72Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 73The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 74Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 75Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from History of Missouri)
Image 76A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 77Map of counties in Missouri by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
  
  Black or African American
    40–50%
(from Missouri)
Image 78Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)

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... that a group of Boy Scouts provided first aid to victims of the 2022 Missouri train derailment before first responders arrived?
... that a Missouri TV station blew up its call letters – literally?
... that supporters of a 2020 ballot initiative to expand Medicaid in Missouri did not use the words "Medicaid expansion" to describe their proposal in some campaign material?
... that during the August 2023 Mid-South U.S. floods, 3.77 inches (96 mm) of rain fell in Columbia, Missouri, breaking a 113-year rainfall record?
... that despite Missourians voting for Henry Clay, Missouri representative John Scott voted for John Quincy Adams?
... that after his professional gridiron football career, Ed "Brick" Travis served as president of the Missouri Auto Dealers Association and as president of a local school board?

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