Ingram's August 2022

DESTINATION MISSOURI MARKET TIDBITS

• Where did the “Show-Me State” moniker originate? Willard Duncan Vandiver, a member of the congres- sional delegation in 1899, is credited with declaring, “I’m from Missouri, and you’ve got to show me.” • Auguste Chouteau, a French trader, founded St. Louis in 1734 and was also one of the first to settle in what is now Kansas City.

• Far more powerful than the San Francisco disas- ter of 1906, the 1811 earthquake centered near New Madrid, Mo., was the strongest ever measured in the U.S. It shook the ground as far as 1,000 miles away. • Often portrayed in history books as a Kentuckian, pioneer Daniel Boone lived longer in Missouri than in any other state; and was buried here in 1820, and his grave was relocated to the Bluegrass State in 1845. • The Father of Kansas City Barbecue was Henry Perry, who began selling smoked meats in the Garment District in 1908. The old rail car that became his business helped train a generation of pitmasters who fanned out across a growing city. • A Missouri meteorological oddity: the Benton County burg of Warsaw (pop. 2,380) has the lowest tempera- ture ever recorded in the state: minus-40 degrees, on Feb. 13, 1905. Defying the odds, Warsaw also set the state’s high-temperature record on July 14, 1954, topping out at 118 degrees.

• Saint Genevieve, tracing its roots to 1735 is the state’s oldest community.

• Harry Truman is the only U.S. president born in Missouri.

•  Saint Louis University is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River; it received its charter from the state in 1832. •  An ice cream vendor at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to hold ice cream. Result: The world’s first ice cream cone. Attendees to the fair also witnessed the introduction of iced tea and Dr. Pepper.

• Tiny Hartville, in Wright County, with 640 residents, is the population center of the United States.

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