1. Missouri

2. Jefferson City, Missouri, the state´s capital, was named for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. Jefferson´s vision for the expansion of U.S. territories led to the Louisiana Purchase. Missouri was part of that purchase.

3. Black Jack got its name from the Blackjack Oak Trees.

4. . The state´s "nickname" is the Show Me State. The expression is usually traced to a speech given in 1899 in Philadelphia by Willard D. Vandiver, a Missouri congressman. The southeast corner of Missouri is called the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

5. Timeline Marquette and Jolliet explore the Missouri river. 1673 The U.S.A fight a civil war. 1861-1865 U.S. involvement in World War 2 begins 1941

6. Bibliography htt p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_City,_Missouri http://www.50states.com/missouri.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri Missouri by P.M. Boekhoff copyright 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Jack,_Missouri http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=607 &q=Fowler+Elementry&oq=Fowler+Elementry&gs_l=img.3..0i10i24.2714.10910.0.11795.16.15. 0.1.1.0.123.1554.4j11.15.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.img.pF7OlfneFbE&safe=active#safe=active&hl=en&sit e=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Fowler+CO+Elementry&oq=Fowler+CO+Elementry&gs_l=img.3...3 0344.36533.0.37753.7.6.1.0.0.0.94.540.6.6.0...0.0...1c.1.11.img.5A8EgxgeBYs&bav=on.2,or.r_qf. &bvm=bv.45645796,d.b2I&fp=95153ad4de7a5c59&biw=1024&bih=607

7. About me I am David I am 13 years old and was born in La Junta and am going to Fowler Elementary home of the almighty Grizzlies.