Missouri

• Missouri is recorded as having the most destructive tornado in the history of the US. In 1925 the Tri-State Tornado destroyed 90% of Missouri.

• Only one United States president was born in Missouri, Harry S. Truman.

• The Missouri mule, a cross of a female horse and a male donkey, officially became the state animal in 1995.

• The Missouri River is The Longest in The United States.

• Missouri gets its name from a tribe of Sioux Indians and means ‘people with wooden canoes‘.


• Four women may not rent an apartment together.

• It is not illegal to speed.

• If your are under the age of 21 and you have in your possession a empty beer bottle, you may be charged with illegal possession of alcohol.

• Purdy - Dancing is strictly prohibited

• Excelsior Springs - Hard objects may not be thrown by hand. Worrying squirrels is not tolerated.

• Ballwin - You may not use vulgar language outside your home.

• Kansas City - Minors are not permitted to buy cap pistols, but they may buy shotguns.

• Perryville - You may not attack birds with any type of catapult within the city.

• Mole - Scaring babies is illegal.

• Natchez - You may not get an elephant drunk.


• St. Louis - Giant Vess Soda Bottle.

• St. Louis - World's Largest Chess Piece.

• Collinsville - World's Largest Catsup Bottle.

• Skinker - World's Largest Amoco Sign.

• Pacific - Black Madonna Shrine and Grottoes.