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August 10, 1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
Missouri (see pronunciations)—nicknamed The Show-Me State—is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States.[6] Missouri is the 21st most extensive and the 18th most populous of the 50 United States. Missouri comprises 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis.
The four largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia.[7] Missouri's capital is Jefferson City. The land that is now Missouri was acquired from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became known as the Missouri Territory. Part of the Territory was admitted into the union as the 24th state on August 10, 1821.
Missouri's geography is highly varied. The northern part of the state lies in dissected till plains while the southern part lies in the Ozark Mountains (a dissected plateau), with the Missouri River dividing the two. The state lies at the intersection of the three greatest rivers of North America, with the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers near St. Louis,[8] and the confluence of the Ohio River with the Mississippi north of the Bootheel. The starting points of the Pony Express and Oregon Trail were both in Missouri.[9] The mean center of United States population as of the 2010 Census is at the town of Plato in Texas County.[10]
Ethnically, the majority of Missourians are of German descent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri
Staying Home Corporation creates bulletproof storm shelter to keep students safe
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (KSHB/CNN) - One school in Missouri is testing a bulletproof storm shelter in the classroom to help keep students safe.
It's been shot at with an AK-47 and armor-piercing rounds from a 30-06. No bullets penetrated the steel.
And even wooden 2 x4s have been blasted at the outside of this shelter at EF-5 tornado wind speeds.
Today, students got to grade the hide-away shelter.
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/391896/3/Mo-company-creates-bulletproof-storm-shelter-to-keep-students-safe
Election Yesterday in the Ferguson-Florrisant School District
Regarding a Tax Levy that would have raised property taxes some $11.00 per $100K the results were decided by 4555 people.
The last St. Louis County Report I can find (2010) finds roughly some 47K registered voters in the area.
I just think that's kinda sad....
FERGUSON REORGANIZED R-2 SCHOOL DISTRICT-PROPOSITION A
**TAX LEVY**
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 34 OF 34 COUNTED)
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,919 42.13
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,636 57.87
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