Date Admitted: | 1821 |
State Capital: | Jefferson City |
Admission to U.S.: | Twenty-fourth State |
Flag Adopted: | 1913 |
State Motto: | "Let the Welfare of the People Be the Supreme Law" |
Nickname: | The Show Me State |
Area: | 69,709 square miles |
Highest Point: | Taum Sauk Mountain- 1,772 feet (540 m) above sea level |
State Song: | "Missouri Waltz" |
State Flower: | Hawthorne |
State Tree: | Flowering Dogwood |
State Bird: | Bluebird |
State Insect: | Honey bee |
State Fish: | Channel catfish |
State Fossil: | Crinoid |
State Mineral: | Galena |
State Rock: | Mozarkite |
State Folk Dance: | Square dance |
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