MISSOURI
- Origin of name: Algonquian Indians word meaning “river of the big canoes”
- Capital: Jefferson city
- Largest city: Kansas City
- Population: 6,044,171 (2013 est.) Ranked 18th in the US.
- Nicknames: The show-me state
- Highest point: Taum sauk mountain, 1,772 ft
- Admission to union: August 10th, 1821 (24th)
- State motto: The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law
- State song: Missouri Waltz
- State tree: Dogwood
- State flower: Hawthorn
- State bird: Bluebird
- Area: 69,709 sq mi. Ranked 21st in the US.
Did you know……...
1) The most destructive tornado on record occurred in Annapolis. In 3 hours, it tore through the town on March 18, 1925 leaving a 980-foot wide trail of demolished buildings, uprooted trees, and overturned cars. It left 823 people dead and almost 3,000 injured.
2) St. Louis; is also called, "The Gateway to the West" and "Home of the Blues".
3) Kansas City has more miles of boulevards than Paris and more fountains than any city except Rome.
4) Situated within a day's drive of 50% of the U.S. population, Branson and the Tri-Lakes area serves up to 65,000 visitors daily. Branson has been a "rubber tire" destination with the vast majority of tourists arriving by vehicles, RVs and tour buses. Branson has also become one of America's top motor coach vacation destinations with an estimated 4,000 buses arriving each year.
5) The most powerful earthquake to strike the United States occurred in 1811, centered in New Madrid, Missouri. The quake shook more than one million square miles, and was felt as far as 1,000 miles away.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast, Damian from Winter Foxes has created and updates a list of cachers who has found 10 or more little bridges and can be found here, if you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan here and he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xx then name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to Damian’s list.