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| Missouri Facts |
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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls, writer of Little House on the Prairie grew up in Missouri. |
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Hermann, Missouri is a storybook German village with a rich wine-making and riverboat history that is proudly displayed in area museums. |
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During Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the presidency, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat named Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri, swore that he would never shave again if Abe were elected. |
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