Historical Marker
16 North Main Street
Historical marker location:
16 North Main Street, Liberty, Missouri
( Marker is on Main Street south of Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south.)
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."