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Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri (Jeremy Woodhouse/Photodisc/Getty)
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Missouri Overview
It's not so unusual that Missourians considers themselves at once Midwestern and Southern. After all, Missouri is bordered by eight distinctly regional states: Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska making up the Midwestern team, and Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, and Arkansas around or below the Mason-Dixon line. Its most famous son, Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) actually considered himself a Southerner—not surprising with all those tales woven on the banks of the Mississippi. And before the borders were drawn, there was a time when 21st state in the Union was simultaneously owned by France, Spain, and the fledgling United States, giving Missourians a distinctly ingrained sense of going with the flow from their very beginnings. Even the terrain makes versatility a part of the state's natural make-up: from the soft hills of the northern plains to the Ozark Mountains in the south, and the many rivers and lakes in between (hence the translation of its Siouan name, "place of large canoes").
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AttractionsCrane Lake Trail
401 Fairgrounds Rd.
Rolla, Missouri Description: Winding around 100-acre Crane Lake, the trail leads to great fishing and picnic areas.... Read More
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Ha Ha Tonka State Park Trails
1491 State Rd. D
Camdenton, Missouri Description: This is a state park with first-rate hiking trails that explore a number of geological features.... Read More
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Horse Creek Trail
Shawnee National Forest
50 Hwy. 145 South Harrisburg, Illinois Description: This six-mile round-trip hiking trail in the Shawnee National Forest is near the town of McClure and across the river from Cape Girardeau.... Read More
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