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First of all it is called the show me state and the state is... Missouri
There is no official state nickname for Missouri. However, Missouri's unofficial nickname is the "Show Me State". It appears on Missouri license plates.
The Show Me state
Missouri has the nickname "Show-Me State"
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Missouri
It's MO and its the "Show Me State."
When Willard Duncan Vandiver said a speech saying,"I'm from missouri and you've got to show me"
Missouri is one of the U.S. states. It located at Midwestern U.S. The capital city of Missouri is Jefferson city. The nickname of Missouri is The Show Me State.
Missouri is the "Show-Me State." It is not an "official" state slogan but is widely used and is even on state license plates. The phrase's popularity is attributed to U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who in 1899 said, "I come from a state that raises cotton and and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."
It is said that Missouri is referred to as the Show Me state due to a speech that was made in 1899 by Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver in which he stated, "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me." From that day forward, the nickname was coined.
The "Show Me State" is the state nickname of Missouri. Missouri and its neighboring state Tennessee each border 8 other states.Around Missouri, clockwise from north, are:IowaIllinoisKentuckyTennesseeArkansasOklahomaKansasNebraska