Statehood:
August 10, 1821 (24th State)
State song: "Missouri Waltz" (1949)
State bird: bluebird (1927)
State tree: flowering dogwood (1955)
State Flower: white hawthorn (1923)
State Aquatic animal: paddlefish (1997);
State Fish: channel catfish (1997);
State Fossil: crinoid (1989);
State Musical instrument: fiddle (1987);
State Rock: mozarkite (1967);
State Mineral: galena (1967);
State Insect: honeybee (1985);
State Tree nut: eastern black walnut (1990);
State Animal: mule (1995);
State Dance: square dance (1995);
State
Missouri
day: third Wednesday in October (1969)
State Nickname: The Show Me State
State Motto: "Salus populi suprema lex esto " - The welfare of
the people shall be the supreme law
Highest Point: The highest point in
Missouri
is
Taum Sauk
Mountain
at 1,772 feet above sea level.
Lowest Point: The lowest point in
Missouri
is the
St. Francis
River
at 230 feet above sea level.
Largest cities: Kansas City, 444,965; St. Louis, 344,362; Springfield,
150,298; Independence, 110,208; Columbia, 91,814; Lee's Summit, 80,338; St. Joseph,
72,661; O'Fallon, 69,694; St. Charles, 62,304; St. Peter's, 54,209
Famous Missourians: Robert Altman film director, Kansas City
Burt Bacharach songwriter, Kansas City
Josephine Baker singer, dancer, Saint Louis
Wallace Beery actor, Kansas City
William Bent fur trader, pioneer, Saint Louis
Robert Russell Bennett composer, Kansas City
Yogi Berra baseball player, Saint Louis
Thomas Hart Benton painter, Neosho
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