Historical Marker
Maramec Community Cemetery
Historical marker location:
21880 Maramec Spring Drive, St. James, Missouri
1858 - 1882.
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."