Historical Marker
Bryant House
Historical marker location:
522 South Main Street, Independence, Missouri
( Marker is on South Main Street just north of East Pacific Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)
Dr. John S., Jr. and Harriet Smart Bryant.
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."