MISSOURI BY: GARRETT HINES

Missouri By: Garrett Hines

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State MottoSalus populi Suprema Lex Esto

State Nickname“The Show Me

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State Song Missouri Waltz

Written by James Royce ShannonMusic by John Valentine Eppel as arranged by Frederick Knight Logan

Hush-a-bye, ma baby, slumber time is comin' soon;Rest yo' head upon my breast, while mommy hums a tune;

The sandman is callin', where shadows are fallin',While the soft breezes sigh as in days long gone by.

Way down in Missouri where I heard this melody,When I was a little child on my mommy's knee;

The old folks were hummin', their banjos were strummin'So sweet and low.

Strum, strum, strum, strum, strum,Seems I hear those banjos playin' once again,

Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum,That same old plaintive strain.Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum,

That same old plaintive strain. Hear that mournful melody,

It just haunts you the whole day long,And you wander in dreams, back to Dixie, it seems,

When you hear that old song. Hush a-bye, my baby, go to sleep on Mommy's knee,

Journey back to Dixieland in dreams again with me;It seems like your Mommy is there again,

And the old folks were strummin' that old refrain. Way down in Missouri where I learned this lullaby,When the stars were blinkin' and the moon was climbin' high,

Seems I hear voices low, as in days long agoSingin' hush a-bye.

State Landmarks Fort Osage

Fort Osage (also known as Fort Clark or Fort Sibley) was part of the United States factory trading post system for the Osage Nation in the early 19th century near Sibley, Missouri.

The Osage in exchange for access to the trading post above the Missouri River in 1808 in the Treaty of Fort Clark ceded all of their lands east of the fort in Louisiana Territory effectively leaving them with a small band of territory on the extreme western border of Missouri.

The fort ceased operations in the 1820s as the Osage in subsequent treaties ceded the rest of their land in Missouri. A replica of the fort was rebuilt on the site in the 1950s.

State Landmarks Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is a 9.65-acre (39,100 m2) United States National Historic Site located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Downtown St. Louis, Missouri within the municipality of Grantwood Village. The site, also known as White Haven, commemorates the life, military career, and Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. Five historic structures are preserved at the site including the childhood home of Julia Dent Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant; the couple lived in the home from 1854 to 1859.

Ironically, White Haven was a plantation worked by slaves at the time Grant was married to his wife in 1848 and remained so until the end of the American Civil War.

The site jurisdiction is the Superintendent of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

State Landmarks Arrow Rock Historic District

Arrow Rock Historic District, or Arrow Rock, is a historic district in Arrow Rock, Missouri that was designated a National Historic Landmark. It includes a number of structures.

In 1963, the National Park Service's designation statement included:

The Missouri River crossing at Arrow Rock, noted by French cartographers (1723) and Lewis and Clark (1804), figured prominently in the very early trail-breaking expeditions that opened the West. In 1817 a permanent ferry was established at what was to become the starting point for the traders from Old Franklin and Boon's Lick who operated on the Santa Fe Trail. [3]

The 260-acre (1.1 km2) historic district was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.

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State Governor Jay Nixon

JAY NIXON is serving his first term as governor of Missouri.

Garnering the highest margin of victory for a non-incumbent

governor in 44 years, Nixon was overwhelmingly elected by Missourians as their 55th

Governor on Nov. 4, 2008, to lead the state in a new direction. He

has been in office for only 5 days!

State Capital Jefferson City

State Industries 1.) General Motors

2.) Chrysler 3.) Ford

State Universities and Logos Missouri State University

Southeast Missouri State University

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