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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 was admitted as a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Many from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee settled in the Boonslick area of Mid-Missouri. Soon after, a heavy settlement of Rhinelanders created the Missouri Rhineland, a German cultural region specializing in wine production.

Missouri played a central role in the westward expansion of the United States, as memorialized by the Gateway Arch. The Pony Express, Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail and California Trail all began in Missouri. 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. (Full article...)

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The Mr. Show-Me Basketball honor recognizes the top male high school basketball player in the state of Missouri. The name of the award differs from other Mr. Basketball awards to reflect Missouri's state nickname, the Show-Me State. The award is presented annually by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. In order to be considered for the award, nominees must have been nominated by their high school coach, started in 90 percent of all games, must be high school seniors, and must be of "outstanding moral character". Ten boys are selected as finalists after nominations are compiled, and a special committee of assistant college coaches in Missouri choose the winner.

The first recipient of the honor was Monroe Douglas in 1985, who is the fourth all-time leading scorer for the Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team in total points with 1,877 points and was named to their all-century team. Two sets of brothers, JarRon and Kareem Rush along with Tyler and Ben Hansbrough, have received the honor. Nine recipients of the Mr. Show-Me Basketball honor have been drafted into the NBA, the highest draft picks being both Bradley Beal in the 2012 NBA draft and Jayson Tatum in the 2017 NBA draft with the 3rd overall pick. Other recipients of the honor have played with professional teams in Europe and Asia including Michael Dixon, who played for the Georgia national basketball team in the EuroBasket 2017 qualification tournament. Many recipients have also pursued coaching opportunities in high schools and colleges. (Full article...)

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Image 1The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 2Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 3The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 4The 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 5Missouri 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 6Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 7Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 8St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch pioneered the use of refrigerator cars to market beer nationally. (from History of Missouri)
Image 9Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 10The 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 11The 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 12The 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 13The 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 14Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 15A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 16A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 17General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 18Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 19General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 20Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 21Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 22Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 23Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
Image 24The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (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 26Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 27Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 28Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 29The 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 30Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 31Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported by bateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)
Image 32Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from History of Missouri)
Image 33The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 34Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 35The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 36Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 37Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 38Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 39The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 40The 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 41The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 42The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 43The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 44The 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 45Missouri 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 46A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 47African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 48Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from History of Missouri)
Image 49Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 50Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 51Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 52Map 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 53Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 54The 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 55Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 56Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 57Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 58Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 59The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 60Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 61African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 62A Rural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
Image 63Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 64American 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 65The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 66Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 67Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 68Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 69Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 70A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 71Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 72Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 73The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 74Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 75Christopher 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 76Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 77The 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 78Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)

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... 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 Missouri's annual Snake Saturday parade originally began in a hotel parking lot with only four floats?
... that a Missouri TV station blew up its call letters – literally?
... 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?
... that a group of Boy Scouts provided first aid to victims of the 2022 Missouri train derailment before first responders arrived?
... that the steamboat carrying the 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion back from its military service sank in the Red River of the South?

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