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"Missouri is known as the <em>show me</em> state, probably because of a speech delivered by Willard D. Vandiver, who said 'Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me.'",

"St. Louis is also called, <em>The Gateway to the West</em> and <em>Home of the Blues</em>.  St. Louis has a rich tradition of blues music and was the last major stopping point for many early pioneer families as they moved out West.",

"Kansas City has more miles of boulevards than Paris and more fountains than any city except Rome.", 

"The most powerful earthquake in United States history took place near Missouri.  The earthquake occurred in 1811, and was centered in New Madrid, Missouri.  The quake shook more than one million square miles, and was felt as far as 1,000 miles away.",

"Mark Twain was born in Hannibal, Missouri. As he said, 'Hannibal has had a hard time of it ever since I can recollect, and I was <em>raised</em> there. First, it had me for a citizen, but I was too young then to really hurt the place.'"];