St. Lewis Research Paper

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Have you ever wondered where ice tea or the waffle cone comes from? Well those few things come from Missouri. Also known as the ‘’show me state’’. A few other things like the first person to dive out of a airplane was Captain Berry at st. Lewis, and the most destructive tornado on record occurred in Annapolis on March eighteenth nineteen twenty five. Many other things come from the great state of Missouri. Missouri also ties with Tennessee as the most neighborly state in the union that is bordered by 8 other states. St. Lewis is also called ‘’ the gateway to the west’’,and ‘’the home of the blues’’. The first capitol in Jefferson burned in eighteen thirty seven, and the second structure was completed in eighteen forty. then burned when the …show more content…
Missouri also has more miles per capita than any metro area, and has more than 1 million people living there. Saint Louis university is the oldest university west of the mississippi. Also the tallest man ever documented was in missouri and he was eight feet eleven point one inches tall.
Creve Coeur's name means broken heart in French .It comes from nearby Creve Coeur Lake. Legend has it that an Indian princess fell in love with a French fur trapper, but the love was not returned. According to the story, she then leapt from a ledge overlooking Creve Coeur Lake; the lake then formed itself into a broken heart. legend has it that the indian Princess still awaits her fur trapper, never to return to her tribe.
President Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar May eighth, eighteen eighty four. Missouri was named after an Indian tribe, the Missouri Indians which means “Town of the large canoes”. Charleston holds the Dogwood-Azalea Festival annually on the third weekend of April. "Charleston becomes a blooming
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Their oldest community ,St.Genevieve was founded in seventeen thirty-five. Our state is one of the most interesting state to us. In eighteen twelve Missouri was organized as a territory and later admitted the twenty fourth state of the Union on August tenth eighteen twelve. In eighteen sixty five Missouri became the first slave state to free its slaves from “the gates of hell”. Hermann, Missouri is a storybook German village with a rich wine-making and riverboat history that is proudly displayed in area museums. Built in eighteen thirty six as the "New Fatherland" for German settlers, the town has achieved national recognition because of its quality wines and distinctive heritage.Auguste Chouteau founded Saint Louis in seventeen sixty