Volunteer Fire Dept.

Historical marker location:

Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on South Broadway just south of East Davis Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Life in 1800's Carondelet

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."