Missouri Missouri The Show Me State The Show Me State
Dec 27, 2015
MissouriMissouriThe Show Me StateThe Show Me State
Centered on red, white and blue fields is the Missouri state seal. It is encircled by a blue band with twenty-four stars representing the number of states in 1821. The stars in the inner circle have the same meaning. Two huge grizzly bears support the circular shield in the center which has three parts:
• The motto "United We Stand, Divided we Fall"
• The right section representing the United States
• The left section containing a moon representing a new state and a grizzly bear standing for courage.
MissouriMissouri
The Mississippi and Missouri The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers meet near St. LouisRivers meet near St. Louis
The Missouri River The Missouri River can have some can have some very bad floodsvery bad floods
Southern Missouri – The Southern Missouri – The OzarksOzarks
Mark Twain / Samuel Mark Twain / Samuel ClemensClemens
American writerAmerican writer
and “humorist”and “humorist” Wrote: Tom Sawyer, Wrote: Tom Sawyer,
Huckleberry Finn,Huckleberry Finn,
and many others and many others
Boeing Spacecraft / AircraftBoeing Spacecraft / Aircraft
Gateway Arch Gateway Arch “Gateway to the West” “Gateway to the West”
Early link to the westEarly link to the west
Worst earthquake in U.S. Worst earthquake in U.S. HistoryHistory
Near St. Louis - 1811Near St. Louis - 1811 The New Madrid FaultThe New Madrid Fault Could and willCould and will
happen againhappen again Also hit IllinoisAlso hit Illinois Mississippi RiverMississippi River
even flowed even flowed
backwards for a daybackwards for a day
St. Louis: Starting point for the St. Louis: Starting point for the
Pony ExpressPony Express
Starting point for Louis and Starting point for Louis and ClarkClark
Missouri: Lots of TornadoesMissouri: Lots of Tornadoes