Ted Simmons

Historical marker location:

740 Clark Ave, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of 8th Street (Old U.S. 66) and Clark Avenue, on the left when traveling south on 8th Street.)

St. Louis N.L., 1968-80; Milwaukee N.L., 1981-85; Atlanta N.L., 1986-88

The "Show-Me State" is Missouri's official nickname and is believed to have originated from a speech given by Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver in 1899. He said, "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."