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Auto Transport to
Missouri:
Auto Transport to Missouri is our business. National Auto Transport is one of
the largest transporters of personally owned vehicles in the country. Covering
all 50 states, we offer an unprecedented level of service and commitment to
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[Auto Transport to Missouri]
Missouri information
A slender steel arch towers on the banks of the Mississippi River at St.
Louis, graceful in its sweep toward the sky. The Gateway Arch symbolizes
Missouri's enduring status as linchpin between civilization and frontier, east
and west, north and south. Situated in the geographic center of the U.S.,
Missouri is surrounded by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee to the east;
Arkansas to the south; Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west; and Iowa to
the north. Water defines much of this landlocked state, from the presence of two
great rivers--the Mississippi on its eastern border and the Missouri meandering
through its heart--to countless smaller rivers and streams and an array of
lakes, especially in the state's southwestern quarter.
Missouri has 10 state-designated tourism regions. The northern third includes
Pony Express country, where the "lightning mail" began and outlaw Jesse James
spent his final years; the Chariton Valley, notable for its wildlife refuges;
and Mark Twain country, where writer Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) got the
material for his famous tales of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and
Becky Thatcher. In the center of the state, from west to east, vibrant
Kansas City is full of history and culture; Osage Lakes offers abundant
recreation on its public lands; Lake of the Ozarks features resort communities,
the state capital at Jefferson City, and the Katy Trail; and St. Louis has
everything from big-time sports and fine wineries to caverns and casino
riverboats. The state's southern third includes the Ozark Mountain region, best
known as home to the entertainment center of Branson; Ozark Heritage country,
featuring scenic canoeing on the Jacks Fork, Current, and Meramec rivers; and
the River Her itage region, where the Mississippi rolls past quiet towns
including the French-flavored Ste. Genevieve.
Ste. Genevieve was the site of Missouri's first permanent white settlement,
about 1750. But the region had been inhabited as early as 12,000 years before,
first by Paleo-Indians who hunted prehistoric animals, later by mound-building
Mississippian peoples. Except for about 35 years in the late 18th-century,
France had control of Missouri from 1682 until the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
It was the Louisiana Purchase that compelled President Thomas Jefferson to send
explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark west from St. Louis in 1804 to
explore the newly acquired lands along the Missouri River. Missouri soon became
the staging area for many other westward journeys, including the Santa Fe Trail,
Oregon, and California trails and the Pony Express.
In the Civil War, Missourians fought on both sides in the war, with about
110,000 troops defending the Union and 40,000 going Confederate. That
characteristic, frontier-forged independence gave Missouri its nickname when
Congressman Willard Vandiver said in 1899 that "frothy eloquence neither
convinces nor satisfies me. I'm from Missouri. You've got to show me."
Missourians have always appreciated a good show, whether from a country music
star at Branson or baseball slugger Mark McGwire at Busch Stadium. With a
colorful cast of characters past and present, life's rich pageant plays on in
Missouri.
See also:
BransonShows.com
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Don't top off your gas tank, keep it low, in between 1/8th to 1/4th of a tank as this saves quite a bit of weight which the shipping companies appreciate. |
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