The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC. Subsequent...

Missouri City is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County...

The Colonial history of Missouri covers the French and Spanish exploration and colonization: 1673–1803, and ends with the American takeover through the...

The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, showcases Missouri history. It is operated by the Missouri Historical Society, which...

The history of slavery in Missouri began in 1720, predating statehood, with the large-scale slavery in the region, when French merchant Philippe François...

The University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, was established in 1839. This later expanded to the statewide University of Missouri System. MU was...

The Missouri Compromise (also known as the Compromise of 1820) was federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states to...

The history of education in Missouri deals with schooling over two centuries, from the settlements In the early 19th century to the present. It covers...

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The alcohol laws of Missouri are among the most permissive in the United States. Missouri is known throughout the Midwest for its largely laissez-faire...

The history of Columbia, Missouri as an American city spans two hundred years. Founded by pioneers from Kentucky in 1821 to be the county seat of Boone...

of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the...

Missouri National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis (city, M–Z), Missouri List of mayors of St. Louis History of Missouri History of education...

Missouri City is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States. The population was 217 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan...

Missouri Valley is a city in Harrison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,678 at the time of the 2020 census. Originally, Missouri Valley...

Missouri (/mɪˈzʊəri/ miz-OOR-ee) is a double landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa...

The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812, until August 10, 1821. In 1819,...

The Missouri Plan (originally the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan, also known as the merit plan, or some variation) is a method for the selection of judges...

Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States involving a...

Missouri Executive Order 44 (known as the Mormon Extermination Order) was a state executive order issued by Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs on October...

known as the Missouri Mormon War, was a conflict between Mormons and their neighbors in Missouri. It was preceded by tensions and episodes of extralegal...

is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Missouri: Missouri – U.S. state named for the Missouri River, which was named after...

S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield...

were captured and executed in Centralia, Missouri on September 27, 1864, by a band of men under the command of the notorious Confederate guerrilla leader...

Missouri, named for hall of fame coach Don Faurot. Hall of famer Gary Pinkel, coach from 2001 to 2015, has the most wins in Missouri football history...

Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri. It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 census, ranking as the 16th most...

– via The State Historical Society of Missouri. Leslie Alexander (2010). Encyclopedia of African American History. ABC-CLIO. p. 340. ISBN 9781851097746...

Humansville is a city in Polk County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 907. Humansville was named after an American...

The Museum of Missouri Military History is in Jefferson City, Missouri. The museum opened in April 1999 in a two-story building at the Ike Skelton Training...

During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers. It sent armies, generals...