Missouri
State in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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Tennessee
State in the Southeastern region of the United States.
State in the Southeastern region of the United States.
It is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest.
Missouri River
Longest river in the United States.
Longest river in the United States.
Rising in the Rocky Mountains of the Eastern Centennial Mountains of Southwestern Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2341 mi before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri.
Mississippi River
Second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.
Second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.
The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise (March 3, 1820) was a United States federal legislation that compromised northern attempts to completely prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state in exchange for legislation which prohibited slavery in those remaining Louisiana Purchase lands north of the 36°30′ parallel.
Missouri Territory
Organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812, until August 10, 1821.
Organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812, until August 10, 1821.
In 1821, a southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Missouri, and the rest became unorganized territory for several years.
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
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Pony Express
American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders.
American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders.
It operated from April 3, 1860, to October 26, 1861, between Missouri and California.
Upland South
The Upland South and Upper South are two overlapping cultural and geographic subregions in the inland part of the Southern and lower Midwestern United States.
The Upland South and Upper South are two overlapping cultural and geographic subregions in the inland part of the Southern and lower Midwestern United States.
It includes most of West Virginia and Kentucky, and parts of Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.