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August 24, 2005 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC/BETT R Passport Destination: Missouri Packing Round 1. The capital city of Missouri is JEFFERSON CITY . 2. These beautiful mountains stretch across southern Missouri. OZARKS 3 Once a showcase for COUNTRY artists, Branson theaters now feature all types of music. 4. Missouri is nicknamed the SHOW ME State. 5. The city of Hannibal is associated with this author. MARK TWAIN 6. Columbia, Missouri, is known as a/an COLLEGE town. Picture: bridge Departure Round 1. This classic American treat was invented at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. ICE CREAM CONE 2. This city's Stockyards Arena will be the site of the September 17- 18 Fall Festival Roundup. ST. JOSEPH 3. This 1996 movie centers on an amateur theater group in Blaine, Missouri. WAITING FOR GUFFMAN 4 At 1,772 feet TAUM SAUK Mountain is the highest point in Missouri. 5. The University of Missouri football team is named the TIGERS . Picture: large circular building with a spiral tower On Tour 1. This French fur trader founded St. Louis in 1764. PIERRE LACLEDE 2 This is a tourist attraction in the town of Bonne Terre. MINE TOURS 3. This famous architect designed the Gateway Arch that has become a symbol of St. Louis. EERO SAARINEN 4. A section of the Berlin Wall is displayed at the WINSTON CHURCHILL Memorial and Library in Fulton. 5. The city of Carthage is known for this product. MARBLE 6. You'll see this desk sign at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library in Independence. THE BUCK STOPS HERE 7. A farm in Mansfield is where this author wrote the "Little House" series of books. LAURA INGALLS WILDER Picture: rectangular white building with arches 8. This lake is Missouri's largest inland body of water. LAKE OF THE OZARKS 9. Springfield is home to the American National FISH AND WILDLIFE Museum. 10. You can visit the birthplace of this famous outlaw in Kearney. JESSE JAMES 11. Missouri is home to all of these national forests except OUACHITA . 12. Walt Disney fashioned Disneyland's "Main Street" after this town where he grew up. MARCELINE Bonus Question One This large theme park in Branson was built around Marvel Cave. SILVER DOLLAR CITY Bonus Question Two Where on the map of Missouri is Branson found? Area 4 Picture: cave Slide Show 1. This landmark bridge in St. Louis was the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi. EADS BRIDGE 2. The spired dome of the Community of Christ Temple is a landmark in this city. INDEPENDENCE 3. You can see bullet holes from a 1930's mob massacre at this Kansas City landmark. UNION STATION 4. This show cave under the Ozarks features five floors of colorful formations. MERAMEC CAVERNS Clues for next destination: Russian past Mother of Cities Rodina Mat Capital city |