1. Missouri The Show Me State

2. Centered on red, white and blue fields is the Missouri state seal. It is encircled by a blue band with twenty-four stars representing the number of states in 1821. The stars in the inner circle have the same meaning. Two huge grizzly bears support the circular shield in the center which has three parts: The motto "United We Stand, Divided we Fall" The right section representing the United States The left section containing a moon representing a new state and a grizzly bear standing for courage.

3. Missouri Missouri

4. The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers meet near St. Louis

5. The Missouri River can have some very bad floods

6. Southern Missouri – The Ozarks

8. Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens American writer American writer and “humorist” and “humorist” Wrote: Tom Sawyer, Wrote: Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Huckleberry Finn, and many others and many others

9. Boeing Spacecraft / Aircraft

10. Gateway Arch “Gateway to the West”

11. Early link to the west

12. Worst earthquake in U.S. History Near St. Louis - 1811 The New Madrid Fault The New Madrid Fault Could and will Could and will happen again happen again Also hit Illinois Also hit Illinois Mississippi River Mississippi River even flowed even flowed backwards for a day backwards for a day

14. St. Louis: Starting point for the Pony Express

15. Starting point for Louis and Clark

16. Missouri: Lots of Tornadoes