Art Attack Stainless Steel I Love Missouri Necklace, Show Me Cave State Heart Map Pendant (Silver)
Material: Stainless SteelMetal type: Stainless SteelClasp type: LobsterChain type: CableGem type: No GemstoneStainless Steel 18 Cable Chain & Pendant (1 Wide x 1 Tall)The state attained statehood on August 10, 1821, becoming the 24th state to join the union. It shares its border with eight states (Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Kentucky.)Did you know that between December 16, 1811, and late April 1812, over two-thousand earthquakes tremors occurred on the Mississippi River valley? During this period, three of the strongest earthquakes (between 7.5 and 8.8 on today’s Richter Scale) in U.S. history hit Missouri near New Madrid. The earthquake caused a so-called fluvial tsunami in the Mississippi River, actually making the river run backward for several hoursThe name of the state the “Show Me State” came into being when Missouri Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, in an 1899 speech in Philadelphia, said, “For thy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me.”The state is sometimes called “the Mother of the West.”