The Captains' Return

Historical marker location:

Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on North Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard, 0.3 miles south of Laclede's Landing Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.)

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."