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Missouri

Missouri became a state in 1821 after the United States government bought a big piece of land from France that is now called the Luisiana Purchase.Missouri was a lawless place back then and mainly was inhabited by fur traders and natives.Missouri wasn't really a popular state until around the late 1820s.The governor at the time was Alexander Mcnair.The natives were brutal when Missouri was settled so mainly the U.S had to clear out the natives by raiding them and pushing them out of Missouri.The most popular indian tribe in Missouri was the Osage Indians.Saint Louis was the biggest industrial city in the 1800's some people wrote in journals that the sky was black with smoke from factories.

Civil War Missouri being in the middle of the United States had many battles of the Civil War fought on its soil.Most of the people living in the state at the times was people who fought slavery.Missouri provided 110,000 troops to the Union and 40,000 to the Confederacy.

Jesse James Jesse James had some affairs in Missouri.One of them being the Centralia Massacre.Jesse James and his gang attacked a rail road in Centralia rounded up several Union soldiers and shooting them up.They robbed the general stores and banks and threw up fancy dishes and items into the air and shooting them too.

Present Day Missouri Missouri is a ideal spot for farming and cattle.The small hills and praires provide nice spots for cattle herds.Limestone is mined from Missouri along with Iron.Missouri has several places that our huge tourist attractions one of the famous ones being the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis.Saint Louis is a huge industrial city that provides a lot of products.Missouri farmers plant soybeans and corn.