Historical Marker
Lincoln School
Historical marker location:
Canton, Missouri
( Marker is at the intersection of Green Street and South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on Green Street.)
est. 1880. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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."