You don't have to do anything to join, except for live in Missouri.
Send a note to my regular account, * evilfaeries or right here and say what town you live in, and I will add you to the journal.

I think this is a fun and easy way to get to know people in your own state, and maybe meet people in the same city.


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................Springfield ...........................








................St. Louis ...............................




(St. Charles)
(St. Peters)
(University City)


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(Cameron)
(Columbia)
(Columbia)
(Columbia)
(Cleveland)
( Jackson, near Cape Girardeau)
(Jefferson City)
(Joplin)
(Ft. Leonard Wood)
(Fort Leonard Wood)
(Marshfield)
(Warrensburg)



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Statehood -- August 10, 1821; the 24th state
State animal -- Mule
State bird -- Bluebird
State flower -- Hawthorn
State fossil -- Crinoid
State insect -- Honey bee
State folk dance -- Square dance
State mineral -- Galena
State motto -- Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)
State musical instrument -- Fiddle
State song -- Missouri Waltz; words by J.R. Shannon and music by John V. Eppel
State tree -- Flowering dogwood

Missouri Day will be celebrated on the third Wednesday in October of each year. Missouri Day is a time for schools to honor the state and for the people of the state to celebrate the achievements of all Missourians.