Missouri

Missouri is a midwestern state of the United States with [Jefferson City]? as its capital. The state public university's main branch is located in Columbia. The Mississippi and Missouri rivers are the two large rivers which flow through this state.

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Geography

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Cities and Important Towns

• Saint Louis
• Kansas City
• Springfield?
• Columbia--the University of Missouri at Columbia.
• Branson?
• [Cape Girardeau]?
• [Sainte Genevieve]?--oldest European settlement west of the Mississippi River.
• [Saint Joseph]?--the Pony Express began here.
• Hannibal?--where Mark Twain, or Samual Clemens, lived.
• Independence?
• [Saint Charles]?--the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
• Rolla?
• [Jefferson City]?--the state capital--otherwise unimportant.
• Sedalia?--home of the Missouri state fair.

See also: United States, Missouri River, Missouri tribe.

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On the Web

• [Missouri Government]

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