The following outline 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 the Siouan-language tribe. The Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology states that Missouri means town of the large canoes. Other authorities say the original native American syllables (from which the word came) mean wooden canoe people, he of the big canoe, or river of the big canoes. Located in the Midwestern United States, the state lies on the Mississippi River, which defines its eastern border. The land that is now Missouri was acquired from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became known as the Missouri Territory. Part of this Territory was admitted into the union as the 24th state on August 10, 1821.
General reference
Geography of Missouri
Geography of Missouri
Places in Missouri
Environment of Missouri
Natural geographic features of Missouri
Regions of Missouri
Administrative divisions of Missouri
Demography of Missouri
Demographics of Missouri
Government and politics of Missouri
Law and government of Missouri
Branches of the government of Missouri
Government of Missouri
Executive branch of the government of Missouri
Legislative branch of the government of Missouri
Judicial branch of the government of Missouri
Courts of Missouri
Law and order in Missouri
Law of Missouri
Military in Missouri
History of Missouri
History of Missouri List of battles fought in Missouri
History of Missouri, by period
- Indigenous peoples
- Mississippian culture
- French colony of Louisiane, 1699âÂÂ1764
- Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
- Spanish (though predominantly Francophone) district of Alta Luisiana, 1764âÂÂ1803
- Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
- French district of Haute-Louisiane, 1803
- Louisiana Purchase of 1803
- Unorganized U.S. territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803âÂÂ1804
- Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804âÂÂ1806
- District of Louisiana, 1804âÂÂ1805
- Territory of Louisiana, 1805âÂÂ1812
- Pike Expedition, 1806âÂÂ1807
- Territory of Missouri, 1812âÂÂ1821
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 â March 23, 1815
- Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
- Missouri Compromise of 1820
- State of Missouri becomes 24th State admitted to the United States of America on August 10, 1821
- Platte Purchase, 1836âÂÂ1837
- MexicanâÂÂAmerican War, April 25, 1846 â February 2, 1848
- Pony Express, 1860âÂÂ1861
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 â May 13, 1865
- Missouri in the American Civil War
- Border state, 1861âÂÂ1865
- Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861
- Price's Raid, September 27 â December 2, 1864
- Harry S. Truman becomes 33rd President of the United States on April 12, 1945
History of Missouri, by region
History of Missouri, by subject
Culture of Missouri
The Arts in Missouri
Sports in Missouri
Economy and infrastructure of Missouri
Economy of Missouri
Education in Missouri
Education in Missouri
See also
References
External links