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State Nickname: Show me State
State Motto: Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)
State Tree: Dogwood
State Bird: Bluebird
State Flower: Hawthorn
State Gem: sapphire and agate
Missouri's State Flag picture
Famous People from Missouri
- Harry S. Truman - US President - from Independence
- J.C. Penny founder - from Hamilton
- Jesse James - notorious outlaw after Civil War - St. Joseph - also Frank James and Younger brothers
- Walt Disney - Marceline
- U.S. Grant - Union general made his home in St. Louis
- Mark Twain or Samuel Clements born in Florida
- Omar N. Bradley - General during WWII, Moberly
- General Daniel Bissell - Revolutionary War and war of 1812 - St. Louis
- Scott Joplin - ragtime artist and composer - St. Louis