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of Missouri!!!

10, 1821.

state
of Missouri

Be the Supreme Law"

mixture, however, is its (donkey) father’s stamina
and its (horse) mother’s

temperament and brute strength.
Mules are used worldwide in agriculture and as beasts of burden.

The State
Animal

feeds on grasshoppers, caterpillars, and beetles and a variety
of flying

insects, fruit, and berries.

Missouri’s bird is the bluebird

few species, such as the flowering dogwood, are popular for

their ornamental value. Many songbirds and small mammals eat the fruit of the dogwood.

Missouri’s tree is the dogwood

Flowering Dogwood

Capitol
Jefferson Thumb

a monument
to her citizens.
The building rests upon a limestone bluff

on the south bank of the Missouri River.
It is 437 feet long and
300 feet wide at its center.
The top of the dome towers 262 feet above the basement floor.
The building, which covers three acres, is literally a museum
of public art, remarkable as
a faithful reflection of the themes, events and people of Missouri.

is famous for it’s beauty.

that are treasured
by readers around the world.
He created such memorable

characters
as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.

Harry S. Truman, the 33rd US President, came into office on the death of Franklin Roosevelt
on April 12, 1945.
Within the first weeks of his presidency,
the Allies had won the war in Europe.
Truman then made one of the most difficult decisions that ever faced a US President, to use the new atomic bomb against Japan to end World War II.

Mark Twain

Harry S. Truman

Park)
Southwest Region Bennett Spring State Park near Lebanon

only national forest in the state of Missouri.
It is situated

in the southern part of the state in a region known as the Ozark Plateau, a large area characterized by forested hills, low mountains, and deep gorges.

Mississippi River
in Missouri

Most of the waters in Missouri flow into the Mississippi River.
The Missouri crosses the state from west to east, where it flows
into the Mississippi.
The huge Mississippi River defines most of the state’s eastern border.

mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California. The mail

was then taken by boat to San Francisco. Relays of young, lightweight, riders covered the 3,164-km (1,966-mi) journey in about 10 days. These riders faced hazardous weather conditions and hostile Native Americans. The Pony Express closed in October 1861, when transcontinental telegraph lines
were completed.

from the German town
of Hamburg, which was famous
for its ground

steak.
German immigrants to the United States introduced the "hamburger steak."
At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904,
hamburger steaks were served on buns
for the first time.
Hamburgers on buns were convenient
and tasted good.
This became the usual way
of eating hamburgers.

THE HAMBURGER

butter is a food that is truly “American”.
Peanut butter started

in 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri.
A doctor made some peanut butter. He gave it to patients who could not eat regular food.
Later, peanut butter was popular as a health food.

and for the black "mask" around its eyes. Raccoons can

use their paws skillfully,
and are quite intelligent. They eat many different things— frogs, fish, birds' eggs, fruit, and mice. Raccoons are not timid or afraid of people.
They'll often take food from garbage cans.
This explains, some people say, the black masks around their eyes—raccoons are garbage-can robbers!