La Grange Missouri

Historical marker location:

200 Washington St, La Grange, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Washington Street.)

Marker installed: 1982

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."