Tri-State Mining District Rock Drill

Historical marker location:

500 E Broadway St, Webb City, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of East Broadway Street (Old U.S. 66) and North Devon Street (Old U.S. 66), on the right when traveling north.)

The state of Missouri was actually named after a tribe of Sioux Indians called the Missouris, whose name means "town of the large canoes".