Historical Marker
First Presbyterian Church
Historical marker location:
100 North Pleasant Street, Independence, Missouri
( Marker is at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Pleasant Street, on the right when traveling east on Maple Avenue.)
Truman Historic Walking Tour Stop 7.
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."