Historical Marker
St. Joseph Museum
Historical marker location:
1100 Charles Street, St. Joseph, Missouri
( Marker is at the intersection of Charles Street and South 11th Street, on the right when traveling east on Charles Street.)
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."