Missouri

Missouri is ... a mixture of many things: bustling cities and peaceful meadows, factories and rugged hills. It is a place where cold arctic winds often blow in the winter and where lazily floating down a river is the perfect pastime on hot summer days. Missouri is home to farmers and high-tech innovators, mountain folk absorbed in centuries-old arts and crafts, and university economists. It is these exciting mixtures that make Missouri a great place to live. Book jacket.

Missouri Is	p. 6
Geography: In the Heart of the Heartland	p. 9
Dissected Till Plains-Grasslands and Rivers
Osage Plains-Flatlands and Gentle Hills
Ozark Plateau-Rugged Ozark Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain-Mississippi River Bottomlands
Living with Floods
Through the Seasons
Mixed Airs
Plants and Animals
Caves for Tourists, Caves for Bats
Turning Wastewater into Wetlands
History: Mother of the American West	p. 27
The Prehistoric People
The Great Village
Modern Native Culture
Explorers and Fur Traders
Missouri Territory
Missouri and the War of 1812
Statehood-the Missouri Compromise
The Dred Scott Decision and the Civil War
Riverboats and Railroads
St. Louis and the Gilded Age
The Twentieth Century
The Twenty-First Century
People: Middle Americans	p. 51
The State of the State
Immigrants, Old and New
Barbecue and Other Good Things to Eat
Cardinals, Rams, Royals, and Chiefs, Just to Start With
Fairs and Festivals
Tell Me a Story, Especially a Tall Tale
Government: The Government	p. 67
Inside Government
The Voice of the People
Economy: The Economy	p. 75
Missouri's Service Industry Leads the Economy
Manufacturing Comes in Second
Agriculture-Small Farms and Big Problems
Minerals Round Up the Economic List
Landmarks: Show Me Missouri!	p. 89
Mark Twain's Boyhood Home
Gateway to the West
Forest Park
Mastodons and Petroglyphs
The Cave State
Neon and Hay Bales
Lake of the Ozarks
Kansas City, Here I Come
State Survey	p. 105
Find Out More	p. 138
Index	p. 141
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