Missouri

Entered State Hood

August 10, 1821

Capital

Jefferson City

Famous People

Robert Russell Bennett composer, Kansas City
Yogi Berra baseball player, Saint Louis

President

Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953 {33rd}

State Bird

Bluebird

State Tree

Flowering Dogwood

State Flower

Hawthorn

State Nickname

Show Me State

State Motto

The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law