Missouri has many resources for companies looking to expand or locate in the Show-Me State. The state's willingness to explore new ideas, embrace enterprising challenges, and cultivate innovative partnerships offers a business climate that encourages growth. In Missouri you will discover a large highly skilled workforce and state of the art transportation and infrastructure system to help your business succeed.
Kansas City, Saint Louis, Springfield, Independence, Columbia
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Show Me State
George Washington Carver was a prominent African-American scientist and inventor. Carver is best known for the many uses he devised for the peanut.
Missouri is the only state to have two Federal Reserve Banks. There is one in St. Louis, MO and another in Kansas City, MO.
The first O’Reilly Automotive opened in Springfield, MO on December 2, 1957. Its corporate headquarters are still located there.
When Johnny Morris couldn’t find a variety of tackle in local stores, he drove around the country collecting the newest fishing equipment and started the company Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, MO in 1971.
You can visit the boyhood home and museum of famous author Mark Twain in Hannibal, MO. Born in Florida, Missouri Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Clemens who wrote the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
