The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC. Subsequent...
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Missouri City is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County...
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The Colonial history of Missouri covers the French and Spanish exploration and colonization: 1673–1803, and ends with the American takeover through the...
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The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, showcases Missouri history. It is operated by the Missouri Historical Society, which...
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The history of education in Missouri deals with schooling over two centuries, from the settlements In the early 19th century to the present. It covers...
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The history of slavery in Missouri began in 1720, predating statehood, with the large-scale slavery in the region, when French merchant Philippe François...
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municipalities in Missouri List of U.S. counties by population Missouri census statistical areas Demographics of Missouri "Timeline of Missouri History: 1673–1799"...
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The Missouri Compromise (also known as the Compromise of 1820) was a federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states...
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Missouri City is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States. The population was 217 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan...
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The University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, was established in 1839. This later expanded to the statewide University of Missouri System. MU was...
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The alcohol laws of Missouri are among the most permissive in the United States. Missouri is known throughout the Midwest for its largely laissez-faire...
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of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the...
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The history of Columbia, Missouri as an American city spans two hundred years. Founded by pioneers from Kentucky in 1821 to be the county seat of Boone...
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Missouri Valley is a city in Harrison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,678 at the time of the 2020 census. Originally, Missouri Valley...
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The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812, until August 10, 1821. In 1819,...
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Missouri (/mɪˈzʊəri/ miz-OOR-ee) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the...
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Missouri National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis (city, M–Z), Missouri List of mayors of St. Louis History of Missouri History of education...
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Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States involving a...
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1838 Mormon War (redirect from Missouri Mormon War)
known as the Missouri Mormon War, was a conflict between Mormons and non-Mormons in Missouri from August to November 1838, the first of the three "Mormon...
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Lawrence Kansas, University Press of Kansas, 2006 Edgar T. Rodemyre. History of Centralia, Missouri. Centralia, Mo.: Press of the Fireside Guard, 1936. Centralia...
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S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield...
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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Missouri: Missouri – U.S. state named for the Missouri River, which was named after...
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Missouri Executive Order 44 (known as the Mormon Extermination Order) was a state executive order issued by Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs on October...
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During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers. It sent armies, generals...
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Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri. It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 census, ranking as the 15th most...
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Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States. The population was 73 at the 2020 census. Homestown, originally known as South Wardell, was one of ten communities...
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Ferguson unrest (redirect from Ferguson, Missouri riots)
riots) was a series of protests and riots which began in Ferguson, Missouri on August 10, 2014, the day after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by FPD...
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The tallest structures in the U.S. state of Missouri include a 2,000-foot (610 m) broadcasting tower, an 800-foot (240 m) chimney, a 630-foot (190 m)...
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Humansville is a city in Polk County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 965. Humansville was named after an American...
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The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial...
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