Category: Missouri...

with the exception of Tennessee, Missouri has more neighboring states than any other U.S. state (8)
Missouri was the westernmost U.S. state until 1845 and served as the easternminus of the Santa Fe and Oregon trails
Missouri was originally acquired from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became defined as the Missouri Territory.
the Missouri River bisects the state as it flows from Kansas City to St. Louis and the Mississippi courses down the state, top to bottom
the Ozarks with some 10,000 springs, many gushing more than a million gallons of water per day
redbuds and blue phlox, mysterious caves, ragtime and blues, towboats and showboats, and the Arch
the corncob pipes of Washington, Missouri
Missouri being a natural crossroads in the very heart of America