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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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| The name of the major general store and floating supply store is named after the owner but is also a spoof of a major restaurant chain. What is its name? | Lesterville, Missouri
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Lenny's. The owner, whose name is actually Denny, was not allowed to name his store Denny's as the restaurant chain already had that name.
150. The town has no stoplights and only one small grocery store.
Black River. The river begins about five miles from Lesterville atop Taum Sauk Mountain, the highest in Missouri, and continues into Arkansas.
1993. On November 14, 1993, 11 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. The floodwater was over every bridge in the county and was over 75 feet deep in most places.
Reynolds. Reynolds County is the second-largest county in Missouri, and also the least densely populated.
32. Highway 32 runs east and west about 30 miles north of Lesterville.
Is the county seat of its county. Taum Sauk Mountain, at 1,772 feet, is the highest point in Missouri, and is 7 miles away from Lesterville on Route U. Lesterville was founded 126 years ago, in 1876. First Baptist Church dates back to about the same time. But the county seat of Reynolds County is Centerville, 10 miles away.
Bearcats . I have no idea when or how they got that name.
| When was the last year that Lesterville's high school basketball team won the state championships? | Lesterville, Missouri
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1977. They beat Northeast Nodaway, 45 to 39. Steve Denbow scored 22 points.
Black River Lodge. It is popular as far away as St. Louis.
| The Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806 followed the course of what river for much of the way? | Rivers in Missouri
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Missouri. While one can take an auto tour of the Lewis and Clark Trail through Missouri, the course of the river has changed considerably since Merry and Bill last saw it.
| Table Rock Dam, completed by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1958, is on what river? | Rivers in Missouri
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White. Table Rock Lake has a surface area of over 52,000 acres and over 800 miles of shoreline. An earlier dam on the White River created Bull Shoals Lake.
| Missouri has only one river designated by the National Park Service as a Wild and Scenic River. What river is this? | Rivers in Missouri
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Eleven Point. Greer Spring, the second largest spring in the state, nearly doubles the size of the Eleven Point where the spring channel enters.
Osage. Bagnell Dam was built by Union Electric in 1929, creating the largest man-made lake in the world at that time.
| The town of Times Beach was evacuated, dismantled and incinerated by the EPA because of dioxin contamination. It was located on what river? | Rivers in Missouri
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Meramec. Times Beach was established in 1925 as a sales promotion for the old St. Louis Star-Times. By purchasing a 100x20 foot lot for {$67.50,} the buyer was entitled to a free 6 month subscription to the paper!
| During the 1993 flood, the peak discharge rate of the Mississippi at St. Louis was approxmately ______ cubic feet per second? | Rivers in Missouri
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1,000,000. During the flood, enough sediment was carried by the river at St. Louis to cover 5000 acres with one foot of soil.
| An elongated earthen structure built parallel to a river is called a _________? | Rivers in Missouri
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Levee . Virtually every privately-owned levee along the Mississippi and Missouri failed during the 1993 flood.
| The town of Washington, Mo. lies at the southernmost point of the Missouri River. Its claim to fame, for a time, was being home to the only manufacturer of what product? | Rivers in Missouri
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corncob pipes. Missouri Meerchaum has a visitors area where one can learn about the history of corncob pipes. Reservations aren't necessary.
| Missouri was admitted to the Union in what year? | Missouri
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1821. The exact date was August 10, 1821.
bluebird . The bluebird is also the state bird of New York.
| True or False? Missouri is the only state in the United States with 8 border states? | Missouri
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False . Missouri is bordered by Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Tennessee is bordered by Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Kentucky is only bordered by seven states.
| The flowering ______ is the official state tree? | Missouri
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dogwood . The Flowering Dogwood became the official state tree on June 20, 1955.
| What does Kansas City have more of per capita than any other city with at least a million residents? | Missouri
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| Which university is the oldest west of the Mississippi? | Missouri
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Saint Louis. Saint Louis received its charter in 1832.
| Which crop brings in the most money annually for the state? | Missouri
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f. It comes from the Fox language for another tribe called "Oumessourit", meaning "Big Canoe People".
Jefferson City. The capitol building was built in 1917 and is on the south shore of the Missouri River.
Mozarkite. Mozarkite is mostly found in Benton County. It is purple, red, or green, and is often used for jewelry. It was made the state rock on July 21, 1967.
Galena. Galena is a major source of lead ore, and is found in southwestern Missouri. It became the official state mineral on July 21, 1967.
Missouri Mule. A mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey, and has been used throughout Missouri's history by pioneers, farmers, and troops during the two World Wars. It was made the state animal on May 31, 1995.
Fiddle. Settlers introduced the fiddle, or violin, to Missouri in the 1700s. People found it was easy to transport, simple to learn, and suited for many types of music. It was made the state's official instrument on July 17, 1987.
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