Faces Behind Farming—a series on the people, not the politics Welcome to Missouri, historically the “town of the large canoes,” named after a tribe of Sioux Indians called the Missouris. A whomping eight states border this heartland state, tied for the most with Tennessee. The Pony Express, Oregon, Santa Fe, and California Trails all began in Missouri playing … Continue reading Bumper Crop in “The Show Me State”