Mark Twain Memorial Bridge

Historical marker location:

Hannibal, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from North Main Street north of North Street, on the right when traveling north.)

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."