Historical Marker
General Sterling Price
Historical marker location:
198 West Bridge Street, Keytesville, Missouri
( Memorial can be reached from West Bridge Street east of North Park Street, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1915
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."