ARKANSAS is up next in The US Explained and I'm really excited! I've been there, but I still need some help! If you're from Arkansas, it's your time to shine! Please reply to fill me in on what I need to know about your home state, such as unique food, traditions, places, some fun facts and local dialects and pronunciations! I can't promise everything will make it into the video, but I will try my best, and I'm looking forward to getting started!
Ello! Born and raised in Arkansas, been living here all my life. - We're mainly known for the diamond since we're the one place in the nation where you can mine it and keep what you find, but the most common gemstone is actually quartz. My family is from the Ouachita area and we have A LOT of quartz. - Geography: We have 2 minor mountain ranges (Ozark to the north, Ouachita to the west) and the Mississippi River on the eastern border (the Mississippi River Valley is just as bad here as it is in Mississippi). The Arkansas River is very significant, part of the reason being it separates North Little Rock from Little Rock - Yes, the Clintons _are_ from here. However, they completely screwed over our economy and most Arkansans HATE them with a burning passion. We disowned them lmao. - Culturally, we're very southern. In specific, we live up to the "natural state" nickname. Education may not be as good here, but your average Arkansan can tell you every little detail about the evironment, wildlife, proper hunting/fishing, any form of manual labor, etc. Unless you're in Little Rock, you're gonna be somewhere out in rural land. We're also the literal ebodiment of white trash. Everyone has parents divorced or on their 2/3rd marriage, everyone has a family member in jail for something meth related. We crack jokes about how horrible the quality of life/Arkansas in general is here (we do that A LOT, if you ask an Arkansan how they feel about their state, they're probably gonna say it's shit but at least better than "libbed out city folk"), but I think a lot of people don't wanna admit that they wouldn't wanna live elsewhere. - I'd recommend searching up the town Hot Springs. It has one of the few national parks in the east, very famous for its bathhouses, and Al Capone visited there often. - There's this town called Harrison known for being the headquarters of a certain hate group. There's this Arkansan inside joke where anytime we're talkin about racists, we just say "people from Harrison". Outside of Harrison, race relations are actually pretty well in comparison to other places. - We have the highest production of rice in the US (might be the world Idk). - We know the Razorbacks suck and at this point we lost all hope in them succeeding, but we still get decked out in Razorbacks merch, get hyped at games, ect because it's tradition at this point. - Dialect is your standard southern accent, although I think it gets a little different for hillbillies way out in the Ozarks. - We have 3 seasons: spring (March-early May), HUMID (mid May-early October), take a guess what the weather's gonna be today? it's gonna be drastically different depending on the time of day and completely change up the next (mid October-Feburary) - Can't think of any special foods other than what's typical of southerners.
Just a heads up we pronounce Ouachita "wash-ah-tall" um lets see rice is a big part of east AR as well as duck hunting Stuttgart is billed as the duck hunting capital and it draws hunters from all over the world, southern AR is mainly known for it's forestry and aerospace industry Camden is home to Raytheon, the frist bowie knife was made in Washington (near Texarkana), Al Capone vacationed in Hot Springs along with other gangsters, then there's Ft. Smith's history with hanging judge Parker and Bass Reeves, north west AR is the fastest growing region of the state, Hawksbill crag is a pretty well know look out and other states commonly use pictures of it in their own promotional material (looking at you TN.MO.andNC. lol) and then there's the more well known stuff like crater of diamonds state park where you can dig for diamonds and keep what you find, the Clinton's, the little rock 9, Walmart etc. I Love your videos btw
Heads up, you better talk about Northwest Arkansas and its recent rapid growth. Also, this state is very beautiful if you aren't in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Fort Smith, or Siloam.
Also, something else- although we don't have many Interstates, there are a lot of Freeways, with what seems like every Us highway becoming a freeway. Some ones I can think of off the top of my head are Us 412 and Us 71 and Us 62.
I love the fact that Missouri is just about average on almost every metric. This is one of the main reasons i love living here. It flies under the radar, but it isn't a dump either.
You get the perfect mix of everything. You can drive to most vacation destinations within roughly the same time. You’ve got two big city’s always fairly close. Then you can drive a few hours south and have some beautiful mountains and amazing fishing. Idk how I could ever move out. Love my state.
Lol @guncrime Love the state but STL and KC have pretty bad crime statistics. The rest of the state tends to be very quiet. Republicans have a very firm grip on the state now and I miss the moderation we had for a very long time
Southern Missouri is one of the best kept retirement destinations in the continental United States. This is especially true for retired military and government employees. No state tax and property taxes (outside of the St. Louis and KC metropolitan areas) are extremely low compared to the popular sun belt destinations. For domestic vacationers, Missouri is a good jumping off place. For international travelers, it totally sucks unless you’re going to Mexico or Canada. Otherwise, plan on long layovers in LAX, JFK, ATLANTA, or Houston. OHR will get you to Europe, but that’s it!
@@stanleybarton LOL, southern Missouri is a dump with tons of poverty and drugs everywhere, horrible weather 80% of the year, and awful infrastructure and school systems. It's just a draw regionally for lower income retirees who can't afford to move anywhere that is of higher quality.
The southern quarter of Missouri, from Joplin to Hayti holds a special place in my heart. Some of the most beautiful countryside in America, less intensely hot in the summer than Texas, but not as bitterly cold in the winter as the rest of the midwest with enough rain to keep the land looking lush without irrigation.
I have family in West Plains, I'm also moving there myself this year. They say the same thing as you. Mild winters and maneable summers and always very beautiful. Looking forward to some land with a house on it.
I'm from that part of Missouri, close to the central-south. I heavily agree with this statement that the weather is some what in the middle, and honestly people dismiss the beauty of the area.
I moved to Columbia, MO 10 years ago for college and never left! I absolutely love living in Missouri. Friendly people, tons of opportunity, and we are right in the middle of everything. You can drive to Breckenridge, Colorado and Destin, FL each in less than 12 hours. Also beautiful nature, two nationally large metros and great sports to cheer for! Love it here in MO.
As a native born Missourian, raised in rural Illinois, graduated high school in Colorado, a decade-long resident of Texas, and now proud Tennessean, I'm telling you with some sense of regional nomenclature: it's pronounced "ă - puh - latch- ă". And you are definitely correct in noting that the Ozark and Appalachian regions are akin to cousins - they share so many wonderful historical connections.
Looks like that's WV and below. If you go N/NE of it (or elsewhere in the country, for the amount that counts) that's not the dominant pronunciation. dialectsurvey.wordpress.com/2018/10/17/q101-how-do-you-pronounce-the-third-vowel-in-appalachian/ Think I might have heard both at some point growing up, but in my idiolect growing up in suburban STL it's "ei"
When I grew up in Missouri, I was taught that it was called "The Show Me State", because some Eastern politician who was traveling through the state by train wouldn't show his ticket, insisting that, being such an important politician, he didn't have to, but the conductor insisted, threatening to throw him off the train. That politician thus dubbed Missouri "The Show Me State". I believe this story over the others that you offered, as we Missourians don't care who you think you are.
This version is new to me, but honestly makes sense. One common thing I observe in Missouri is that people just don't give a shit how popular/important you are or think you are. You're just another person to us.
@@jacobpierce758 yep and and if someone is an idiot they probably will be treated as if they are an idiot with no execptions. Well I was born in Cape Girardeau Missouri yet I currently live in Arkansas and I agree with that philosophy.
Guy from southern Missouri here! Indeed my great state is a crossroads state. You go north and it feels like a true mid-western state, you go to the south where I'm from and there are a lot of hill billies and southern culture reigns. I live within the Ozarks, where the scenery is beautiful and there are a lot of hidden gems. Also, yes, it's pronounced Miss-o-re, not Miss-ur-a, don't know why people pronounce it that way.
@@milkenthusiast9041I actually like that. I'm from Springfield (SW Missouri) and in my 50s. I have heard radio DJs use that dialect back in the 1970s and 1980s, especially in rural towns with AM radio. It also ties in with CB lingo effectively, making it entertaining.
@@tomahost my family is split on pronunciation, kc and stl say mizzoree and the rest of the state i hear mizzuruh. iirc the mizzoree pronunciation is the french way and rhe mizzuruh pronunciation is the native American way
Just came back from a Vacay in MO aside from the coldness of the land its so beautiful and peaceful that you can find something to do for everyone. Also everyone I've come across was extremely nice and always open to talk about anything.
Lol that’s the beauty of MO. Today the weather can be zero tomorrow it’s 65. Have seen it snow 6” on Monday and on Saturday be outside doing yard work in shorts because it so warm out. Love love the changing of the seasons, main reason I stay and the people are so friendly but of course I live in NW MO in a small town, everyone knows everyone and we welcome new comers with open arms as long as they don’t come here intent on “changing” our quiet, easy going way of life. Had a new neighbor that came from SD who hated trees, he demolished 250 acres of 100 plus year old hardwoods so he could row crop the land, then sold it and moved on. 🤬 glad you had a great vacation in MO hope you come back.
I haven't watched your video yet, the fact your video went out 12 minutes you've already got 213 views is a tribute to the great job that you're doing. I can't wait to watch the video.
From southwest Missouri. Traveled for work the last 15 years. I always enjoy coming home. Prices aren't insane, tons of outdoor activities year round, 4 seasons, people are friendly and the food is good. Centrally located you are a 2 day drive from anywhere in the US.
Oh yeah, gotta love how last year around spring it went from mid 60°s in January, to around 10° degrees in February for a week, then 2 weeks later it was high 90°s with like 85% humidity God bless my HVAC system o7
This is outstanding. As someone from the IL side of St. Louis, this really made me appreciate what a focal point of diversity this area of the country is in so many different ways. We are the border hoarders.
As a Hoosier in Missouri (STL) for grad school, I love it here! Enough south feeling to get good BBQ while feeling mostly midwestern. There’s so much fun and free stuff here in STL. I was personally shocked by the natural beauty in the area. And the wineries!! There’s really some good ones, especially compared to anywhere in IN lol. Great breweries in STL, too.
@@BenitoCBlanco their are plenty of parts that arent as crime filled, most of the crime is on the otherside of the river, but yeah in general STL has quite a bit of crime. But some of the best places statistically to live in the US is on the outskirts (about 15-30 minutes) of STL. NW and SE are really, really nice. Central for the most part is really nice. SW is absolutely beautiful but has a bit of crime from being on the 44. And tbh there were a lot of racism here (from what I was told). But atleast from what I know, its gotten a LOT better. Just from the moment I moved here to now (about 15 years), the amount of diversity is staggering.
Hey guys, what a wonderful job you've done with this video. I watched it over 2 part days and learned so much from your research and the filming is spectacular. Thank you so very much for putting this amazing informative creative historical view of our State, Missouri together!
I really enjoyed this one. I'm old and I've lived my whole life in the desert southwest. Last year I did a big roadtrip circle around Missouri. WOW. Stuff I never knew about. A big chunk of my genealogy also. The trails. Gotta go back.
I enjoyed this but as a St. Louisianan & Missourian, I wish you would've spent more time talking about the old French History and Ozarks region. Either way, good video as always
Really good! Very comprehensive. I'm from Missouri and, while I appreciate its diversity, hadn't really thought about some of the geographic crossroads points you make. Nice job.
I’ve lived all over the state and it’s made me really love living here. History is everywhere and there’s so many quirks that make it unique. Really glad you mentioned the Cahokia mounds bc that is some ancient history. Plus the landscape and geological history is slept on. Also seeing Hermann is crazy.
I'm agreeing with all previous comments that this channel makes the most interesting and well composed videos. But can I also add how amazing it is that you don't have any annoying or dramatizing music?! It's so matter of fact and straight to the point. As a German (and someone to listens to these videos when I can't sleep) I appreciate it a lot.
im from orlando florida. lived in St. Louis, MO for two years. I really enjoyed it. really amazing and deep history in missouri, some beautiful nature including rivers and ozark mountains, and some pretty good quality of life because of the public institutions/infrastructure/activities. if i didn't go back to florida for family, i might have stayed in Missouri
My father was born in Joplin, though his family moved into the Kansas City area when he was 2. It hit me a little when Joplin got hit by that tornado in 2012. ❤️🩹
Thank you for this impressive history of my state. I'm floored that, although I knew some of these details, there was a lot of history you revealed that was NOT taught when I was in school. In fact, I've learned more from you in an hour than I learned in 12 years of school. I'm thinking that maybe all history teachers should use your history "capsules" of their states as required material for their students. 🤔 Just food for thought.
You may not know but near the first of your video, the solitary tree looks like the big oak on my Williamson family's farm near McBaine and Columbia Missouri.
This is the first video of yours I have seen. It leapt out to me, as a lifelong resident of Kansas City (ok, of the suburbs), so I had to check in and see how you did explaining my state. Truly phenomenal work. Thorough, and informative, even to a native like myself. I was engaged the entire time, and the mix of new info, and familiar was great. You've earned a subscriber, and I can't wait to watch the rest, because I know I'll learn almost all there is to know about your subjects. You have been sufficiently vetted haha. Keep up the good work.
only a minute in and I love seeing this already, especially as a missourian. the picture you used for the historic town at 1:10 is next to the First Presbyterian Church in Ste. Genevieve, I used to go there for a summer VBS program that my aunt led. brings back a wave of memories...
Though I live across the river in Illinois when asked I proudly say I'm from St. Louis. Between the Cardinals, Blues, Battlehawks, and the Zoo I spend most of my time in St. Louis. seeing The Arch always brings me comfort. Signifies I'm home. Granted thanks to that tram and a fear of heights I'll never go to the top the Arch again, but I do visit the Westward Expansion Museum under it a lot.
I've subscribed for all 50 states. When you have time, a state by state tourist guide would also be great, both for US citizens and fir foreigners to discover.
I've been all over the world and all around our country; decided there is no other state I will live in, but Missouri-Born, bred & raised, here I retire
Excellent job! You got a lot right that many get wrong or omit. A very interesting (IMO) though not terribly significant topic you didn't include was the French settlement of Old Mines -- older than Ste. Genevieve though not an officially a town -- and a unique French dialect that survived until very recently. A more significant topic, from the same area, would be the history and importance of lead mining in that region as well as the Joplin area. But at an hour already, you can't cover everything.
If you go to the Mountain man Rendezvous held by the Missouri French heritage society (one being in old mines) you'll find that dialect is still alive. Some of the younger people from that tribe I've met can switch from using it and not.
Just a little correction. St. Louis is named after King Louis the ninth of France. I believe you said King Louis the 14th. Anyway, great content!! I love history and know much about Missouri and St. Louis (we affectionately call it The Lou) as I live in St. Louis, but I learned much from you. Thanks!
Great video, and thank you for mentioning that the Kansas and Missouri sides of Kansas City are united as one metro. That’s exactly how we feel here. Yes, we sometimes have to deal with state-specific issues, but it really does feel like one big city that just happens to have a state line running through it.
You really should visit St Louis too if you haven't already. We have a lot of wonderful free activities and cultural events. If you're into music, the Scott Joplin house is downtown and open for tours as one of our state historic sites. First State Capitol in St Charles is also preserved and offers tours. If you're into adult beverages, there's multiple breweries and distilleries in the STL Metro and the western metro border in St Charles County features a fair number of stops on the Missouri wine trails.
Thank you for covering the oft-unknown Mormon War of Missouri. The Mormon Exterminaton Order was technically still around until it was rescinded in 1976
Great job as always, Carter! You always go so in-depth with each state, and I learn something new about them every time. Can't wait for Arkansas next 🙌😊
1848... the Great Springtime of the Peoples featured revolution in many parts of Europe who tried to throw off the oppressionof the monarchs and nobility over regular people. The failure of these revolutions meant that many great freethinking minds left Europe. You touch on this period with the influx of Germans and other Central Europeans. It's an interesting period, and I think someone could study a lot about how the US benefitted from this. Found this fascinating. My wife is from KC, and we visit regularly. As someone who grew up on the West Coast, where documented history doesn't go back all that far. KC feels very cool. The BBQ is incredible, the blues and jazz history... really great City. I need to explore more of the state.
I'm traveling Illinois from top to bottom this spring, and I'm staying a few nights in Fairview Heights. I'm excited to explore St. Louis not just from a tourists perspective, but also a geographic and demographic one. I want to see all neighborhoods, to see in person what went wrong. Better yet, next year I'm traveling throughout Missouri, and I'll be staying in St. Louis for 2 weeks, as well as KC for a week. It'll be fun to compared the two in such a close time frame.
That sounds great. If you head to the dangerous areas, just head there during the day, and you should be fine going almost anywhere on the road. Once you park use your own judgement.
As someone who's lived also in Arkansas a good portion of my life I can say that they have the devil's Den and they also have where the White River meets the Bryant river is excellent fishing especially gigging for sucker fish people do family reunions fish-frys get togethers along the river and celebrate life. Float trips kayaking and canoeing are big along the riverways in the Ozarks.
Born and raised a buckeye moved to mo in 1969 wile Dayton was a lot cooler in the summer, Kansas city mo is a lot more laid back. St louis was bassicly an industrialized city wile Kansas City is more diverse in its uses both industrial and agro in nature. St louis always seems dirty in comparison kansas city was very clean until the city pushed recycling however its starting to recover . Talking about French then spanish control over the years before it became part of the united states shows how divers our population is And if you look west and north There is plenty of open land not being used, immigrants from mexico and south america could use. If you think of our nations growth the last 200 years I see an opertunity to grow as a nation more people, more tax larger ecumenical growth more products to offer other nations for trade A new unskilled labor force to teach, new ideas and projects. Not many people can say they are Native Americans in America. So why do so many people complain when migrants come to America to make a better life for themselves. We have room. Your not loosing your farm, your not loosing your job. But we can take back manufacturing from china. You have it all wrong when you think this hurts us as a nation. We would not be the nation we are had people from every nation immigrated here in the past 200 years. In fact if you grow food you'll sell more, if you make things you'll sell more if you make things you'll have a larger labor pool to hire from. If you collect taxes you'll have more workers to collect it from. And yes people will need help, a push in the right direction help with food and shelter, but its investing in Our own nation.
Sorry if I sound like a nerd, but I am a fellow Missourian myself, and I would like to correct something, Saint Louis was named after Saint Louis of France(Louis the 9th of France). I didn't want to sound mean, and I hope you learned something.
Very well done. So much information to have to go through with regards to MO. Missouri has been often referred to as a good macrocosm or representation for the nation as a whole. When you have time, you might want to go back and visit the history of MO and it's masonic and banking influences on the politics of the nation. Additionally, mafia and syndicated political networks that controlled information, trade and commerce during the expansion or development westward. MO is nicknamed the "cave" state. Researching the cave systems in MO might uncover some very interesting discoveries. :)
Not at all any more, Missouri is a bypassed joke of a state that is below average in every key category. Missouri= not a macrocosm for anything at all in 2024.
Branson’s tourism scene has a weird hidden history that’s begging to be unearthed. It kind of feels like it’s going through a midlife crisis right now though, mostly due to a lack of interest in the attractions (though Silver Dollar City still gets a lot of visitors); most of them are catered to the elderly, which has been a thing forever. Also, James River Church is almost cult-like in its gathering and execution. I would definitely check out some of their “Men’s Conferences” if you want to see something truly insane.
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ARKANSAS is up next in The US Explained and I'm really excited! I've been there, but I still need some help! If you're from Arkansas, it's your time to shine! Please reply to fill me in on what I need to know about your home state, such as unique food, traditions, places, some fun facts and local dialects and pronunciations! I can't promise everything will make it into the video, but I will try my best, and I'm looking forward to getting started!
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Ello! Born and raised in Arkansas, been living here all my life.
- We're mainly known for the diamond since we're the one place in the nation where you can mine it and keep what you find, but the most common gemstone is actually quartz. My family is from the Ouachita area and we have A LOT of quartz.
- Geography: We have 2 minor mountain ranges (Ozark to the north, Ouachita to the west) and the Mississippi River on the eastern border (the Mississippi River Valley is just as bad here as it is in Mississippi). The Arkansas River is very significant, part of the reason being it separates North Little Rock from Little Rock
- Yes, the Clintons _are_ from here. However, they completely screwed over our economy and most Arkansans HATE them with a burning passion. We disowned them lmao.
- Culturally, we're very southern. In specific, we live up to the "natural state" nickname. Education may not be as good here, but your average Arkansan can tell you every little detail about the evironment, wildlife, proper hunting/fishing, any form of manual labor, etc. Unless you're in Little Rock, you're gonna be somewhere out in rural land. We're also the literal ebodiment of white trash. Everyone has parents divorced or on their 2/3rd marriage, everyone has a family member in jail for something meth related. We crack jokes about how horrible the quality of life/Arkansas in general is here (we do that A LOT, if you ask an Arkansan how they feel about their state, they're probably gonna say it's shit but at least better than "libbed out city folk"), but I think a lot of people don't wanna admit that they wouldn't wanna live elsewhere.
- I'd recommend searching up the town Hot Springs. It has one of the few national parks in the east, very famous for its bathhouses, and Al Capone visited there often.
- There's this town called Harrison known for being the headquarters of a certain hate group. There's this Arkansan inside joke where anytime we're talkin about racists, we just say "people from Harrison". Outside of Harrison, race relations are actually pretty well in comparison to other places.
- We have the highest production of rice in the US (might be the world Idk).
- We know the Razorbacks suck and at this point we lost all hope in them succeeding, but we still get decked out in Razorbacks merch, get hyped at games, ect because it's tradition at this point.
- Dialect is your standard southern accent, although I think it gets a little different for hillbillies way out in the Ozarks.
- We have 3 seasons: spring (March-early May), HUMID (mid May-early October), take a guess what the weather's gonna be today? it's gonna be drastically different depending on the time of day and completely change up the next (mid October-Feburary)
- Can't think of any special foods other than what's typical of southerners.
Just a heads up we pronounce Ouachita "wash-ah-tall" um lets see rice is a big part of east AR as well as duck hunting Stuttgart is billed as the duck hunting capital and it draws hunters from all over the world, southern AR is mainly known for it's forestry and aerospace industry Camden is home to Raytheon, the frist bowie knife was made in Washington (near Texarkana), Al Capone vacationed in Hot Springs along with other gangsters, then there's Ft. Smith's history with hanging judge Parker and Bass Reeves, north west AR is the fastest growing region of the state, Hawksbill crag is a pretty well know look out and other states commonly use pictures of it in their own promotional material (looking at you TN.MO.andNC. lol) and then there's the more well known stuff like crater of diamonds state park where you can dig for diamonds and keep what you find, the Clinton's,
the little rock 9, Walmart etc. I Love your videos btw
Heads up, you better talk about Northwest Arkansas and its recent rapid growth. Also, this state is very beautiful if you aren't in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Fort Smith, or Siloam.
Also, something else- although we don't have many Interstates, there are a lot of Freeways, with what seems like every Us highway becoming a freeway. Some ones I can think of off the top of my head are Us 412 and Us 71 and Us 62.
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I love the fact that Missouri is just about average on almost every metric. This is one of the main reasons i love living here. It flies under the radar, but it isn't a dump either.
I love Missouri!!
You get the perfect mix of everything. You can drive to most vacation destinations within roughly the same time. You’ve got two big city’s always fairly close. Then you can drive a few hours south and have some beautiful mountains and amazing fishing. Idk how I could ever move out. Love my state.
Lol @guncrime
Love the state but STL and KC have pretty bad crime statistics. The rest of the state tends to be very quiet. Republicans have a very firm grip on the state now and I miss the moderation we had for a very long time
Southern Missouri is one of the best kept retirement destinations in the continental United States. This is especially true for retired military and government employees. No state tax and property taxes (outside of the St. Louis and KC metropolitan areas) are extremely low compared to the popular sun belt destinations. For domestic vacationers, Missouri is a good jumping off place. For international travelers, it totally sucks unless you’re going to Mexico or Canada. Otherwise, plan on long layovers in LAX, JFK, ATLANTA, or Houston. OHR will get you to Europe, but that’s it!
@@stanleybarton LOL, southern Missouri is a dump with tons of poverty and drugs everywhere, horrible weather 80% of the year, and awful infrastructure and school systems. It's just a draw regionally for lower income retirees who can't afford to move anywhere that is of higher quality.
As a Hoosier, Missouri feels like a slightly removed Midwestern brother that was raised in the south
That's an apt description!
as a Hoosier I feel the same about Indiana.
I've lived near Missouris bootheal (part of the south)
And now live north of KC.
This checks out
Great Plains parents who adopted a kid with one southern biological dad and a urban Great Lakes biological mom.
As a Missourian I have to laugh at you calling yourself that lol
As a European studying American Studies, this series is an absolute gold mine.
The southern quarter of Missouri, from Joplin to Hayti holds a special place in my heart. Some of the most beautiful countryside in America, less intensely hot in the summer than Texas, but not as bitterly cold in the winter as the rest of the midwest with enough rain to keep the land looking lush without irrigation.
Southeast Missouri is swamp east Missouri
I have family in West Plains, I'm also moving there myself this year. They say the same thing as you. Mild winters and maneable summers and always very beautiful. Looking forward to some land with a house on it.
I'm from that part of Missouri, close to the central-south. I heavily agree with this statement that the weather is some what in the middle, and honestly people dismiss the beauty of the area.
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I moved to Columbia, MO 10 years ago for college and never left! I absolutely love living in Missouri. Friendly people, tons of opportunity, and we are right in the middle of everything. You can drive to Breckenridge, Colorado and Destin, FL each in less than 12 hours. Also beautiful nature, two nationally large metros and great sports to cheer for! Love it here in MO.
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I'm from Missouri, and have been waiting for over a year for you to make this episode
As a Missourian born and raised, I truly do love living here and I'm glad to see such a great video on my home! ❤
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As a native born Missourian, raised in rural Illinois, graduated high school in Colorado, a decade-long resident of Texas, and now proud Tennessean, I'm telling you with some sense of regional nomenclature: it's pronounced "ă - puh - latch- ă". And you are definitely correct in noting that the Ozark and Appalachian regions are akin to cousins - they share so many wonderful historical connections.
Looks like that's WV and below. If you go N/NE of it (or elsewhere in the country, for the amount that counts) that's not the dominant pronunciation.
dialectsurvey.wordpress.com/2018/10/17/q101-how-do-you-pronounce-the-third-vowel-in-appalachian/
Think I might have heard both at some point growing up, but in my idiolect growing up in suburban STL it's "ei"
When I grew up in Missouri, I was taught that it was called "The Show Me State", because some Eastern politician who was traveling through the state by train wouldn't show his ticket, insisting that, being such an important politician, he didn't have to, but the conductor insisted, threatening to throw him off the train. That politician thus dubbed Missouri "The Show Me State". I believe this story over the others that you offered, as we Missourians don't care who you think you are.
This version is new to me, but honestly makes sense. One common thing I observe in Missouri is that people just don't give a shit how popular/important you are or think you are. You're just another person to us.
@@jacobpierce758 yep and and if someone is an idiot they probably will be treated as if they are an idiot with no execptions.
Well I was born in Cape Girardeau Missouri yet I currently live in Arkansas and I agree with that philosophy.
This is what I was thought in my Missouri history class in school as well
Guy from southern Missouri here! Indeed my great state is a crossroads state. You go north and it feels like a true mid-western state, you go to the south where I'm from and there are a lot of hill billies and southern culture reigns. I live within the Ozarks, where the scenery is beautiful and there are a lot of hidden gems. Also, yes, it's pronounced Miss-o-re, not Miss-ur-a, don't know why people pronounce it that way.
Tyler Mac miss o re
a lot of older northern missourians will pronounce it mizz-ur-uh
About every non-Missourian just LOVE to calls us Misery. 🙄 I need a good, clean come back!
@@milkenthusiast9041I actually like that. I'm from Springfield (SW Missouri) and in my 50s. I have heard radio DJs use that dialect back in the 1970s and 1980s, especially in rural towns with AM radio. It also ties in with CB lingo effectively, making it entertaining.
@@tomahost my family is split on pronunciation, kc and stl say mizzoree and the rest of the state i hear mizzuruh. iirc the mizzoree pronunciation is the french way and rhe mizzuruh pronunciation is the native American way
Just came back from a Vacay in MO aside from the coldness of the land its so beautiful and peaceful that you can find something to do for everyone. Also everyone I've come across was extremely nice and always open to talk about anything.
Lol that’s the beauty of MO. Today the weather can be zero tomorrow it’s 65. Have seen it snow 6” on Monday and on Saturday be outside doing yard work in shorts because it so warm out. Love love the changing of the seasons, main reason I stay and the people are so friendly but of course I live in NW MO in a small town, everyone knows everyone and we welcome new comers with open arms as long as they don’t come here intent on “changing” our quiet, easy going way of life. Had a new neighbor that came from SD who hated trees, he demolished 250 acres of 100 plus year old hardwoods so he could row crop the land, then sold it and moved on. 🤬 glad you had a great vacation in MO hope you come back.
I know everybody thats a somebody in a 30 mile radius of my house.in N. Missouri@@MissouriPatriot
I haven't watched your video yet, the fact your video went out 12 minutes you've already got 213 views is a tribute to the great job that you're doing. I can't wait to watch the video.
From southwest Missouri. Traveled for work the last 15 years. I always enjoy coming home. Prices aren't insane, tons of outdoor activities year round, 4 seasons, people are friendly and the food is good. Centrally located you are a 2 day drive from anywhere in the US.
Born & raised Missourian here, good video. Though you slept on how bipolar our weather is. -10 to 110; gotta love it.
Oh yeah, gotta love how last year around spring it went from mid 60°s in January, to around 10° degrees in February for a week, then 2 weeks later it was high 90°s with like 85% humidity
God bless my HVAC system o7
A note about the colors on the flag is that it represents both the US and France
Spain used to own it as well.
@jimferris9447 yes but never really settled
Take it from a Missourian, we make a very big deal about KCMO vs KCK.
They both blow. Most the KC areas office space is in Johnson county Kansas where Overland Park is
This is outstanding. As someone from the IL side of St. Louis, this really made me appreciate what a focal point of diversity this area of the country is in so many different ways.
We are the border hoarders.
As a Hoosier in Missouri (STL) for grad school, I love it here! Enough south feeling to get good BBQ while feeling mostly midwestern. There’s so much fun and free stuff here in STL. I was personally shocked by the natural beauty in the area. And the wineries!! There’s really some good ones, especially compared to anywhere in IN lol. Great breweries in STL, too.
Where are some areas that are not full of crime and is it as racist as my family says
@@BenitoCBlanco Stay out of Missouri 👍
@@BenitoCBlanco their are plenty of parts that arent as crime filled, most of the crime is on the otherside of the river, but yeah in general STL has quite a bit of crime. But some of the best places statistically to live in the US is on the outskirts (about 15-30 minutes) of STL. NW and SE are really, really nice. Central for the most part is really nice. SW is absolutely beautiful but has a bit of crime from being on the 44. And tbh there were a lot of racism here (from what I was told). But atleast from what I know, its gotten a LOT better. Just from the moment I moved here to now (about 15 years), the amount of diversity is staggering.
Hey guys, what a wonderful job you've done with this video. I watched it over 2 part days and learned so much from your research and the filming is spectacular.
Thank you so very much for putting this amazing informative creative historical view of our State, Missouri together!
Missouri is very underrated.
I hear you, gotta love Missouri
No we’re not, stay away
no we arent, stay out.
No we aren’t it’s very lame actually
nuh uh, stay out.
Fun fact about Jeff City: it's one of four state capitals without an interstate. Montpelier, VT; Juneau, AK; and Pierre, SD are the others
Umm, Montpelier has I89 running literally right next to it.
Tyler Mac yes and the thing is
I-70 doesn't go through Jeff City?
@@bigdallycit’s route 54
@@bigdallycI-70 is about 30 miles north in Columbia
Missouri is the only state with two Federal Reserve Banks.
St. Louis, MO and Kansas City, MO
I thought they closed kansas city
@@DavidWilliams-qr5yjlast I drove by it and heard it’s still open
@liamhayes23 I Googled it. It's open.
I knew the old building was condos ,so thought it's was gone.my bad ...
Both STL and KC are bypassed cities that no longer have much relevance compared to other far faster growing more innovative metro areas.
Missouri is one of my favorite states. I love visiting this beautiful state a few times a year.
I really enjoyed this one. I'm old and I've lived my whole life in the desert southwest. Last year I did a big roadtrip circle around Missouri. WOW. Stuff I never knew about. A big chunk of my genealogy also. The trails. Gotta go back.
I enjoyed this but as a St. Louisianan & Missourian, I wish you would've spent more time talking about the old French History and Ozarks region. Either way, good video as always
Really good! Very comprehensive. I'm from Missouri and, while I appreciate its diversity, hadn't really thought about some of the geographic crossroads points you make. Nice job.
Speaking from the st.louis area, I definitely feel like I got schooled on Missouri. This was impressive, comprehensive and just wow
I’ve lived all over the state and it’s made me really love living here. History is everywhere and there’s so many quirks that make it unique. Really glad you mentioned the Cahokia mounds bc that is some ancient history. Plus the landscape and geological history is slept on. Also seeing Hermann is crazy.
I'm agreeing with all previous comments that this channel makes the most interesting and well composed videos. But can I also add how amazing it is that you don't have any annoying or dramatizing music?! It's so matter of fact and straight to the point. As a German (and someone to listens to these videos when I can't sleep) I appreciate it a lot.
im from orlando florida. lived in St. Louis, MO for two years. I really enjoyed it. really amazing and deep history in missouri, some beautiful nature including rivers and ozark mountains, and some pretty good quality of life because of the public institutions/infrastructure/activities. if i didn't go back to florida for family, i might have stayed in Missouri
These videos are a national treasure, well researched and documented. Thank you for them, and best of luck going forward!
Excellent content. I appreciate your editing and delivery. Learning is fun when presented like this.
“Low rolling hills” is an undersell of the hills in St.L
Still one of the best series on youtube. Keep it up
My grandma always took us to the stomp dances in north east Oklahoma, in Quapaw
My father was born in Joplin, though his family moved into the Kansas City area when he was 2. It hit me a little when Joplin got hit by that tornado in 2012. ❤️🩹
May 22 2011
Thank you for this impressive history of my state. I'm floored that, although I knew some of these details, there was a lot of history you revealed that was NOT taught when I was in school.
In fact, I've learned more from you in an hour than I learned in 12 years of school.
I'm thinking that maybe all history teachers should use your history "capsules" of their states as required material for their students. 🤔 Just food for thought.
You may not know but near the first of your video, the solitary tree looks like the big oak on my Williamson family's farm near McBaine and Columbia Missouri.
This is the first video of yours I have seen. It leapt out to me, as a lifelong resident of Kansas City (ok, of the suburbs), so I had to check in and see how you did explaining my state. Truly phenomenal work. Thorough, and informative, even to a native like myself. I was engaged the entire time, and the mix of new info, and familiar was great. You've earned a subscriber, and I can't wait to watch the rest, because I know I'll learn almost all there is to know about your subjects. You have been sufficiently vetted haha. Keep up the good work.
only a minute in and I love seeing this already, especially as a missourian. the picture you used for the historic town at 1:10 is next to the First Presbyterian Church in Ste. Genevieve, I used to go there for a summer VBS program that my aunt led. brings back a wave of memories...
Thanks Carter! I hope you’re doing well! Keep up the great work in your amazing one of a kind series!⭐️🇺🇸🎉😊
Holy cow, these videos are so long and have so much research for you to do it 56 times. Wild, great stuff!
Born and raised in missouri, traveled and lived in other states before but nothing ever quite compares to the place we are from.
I moved to St. Louis half a year ago. This is great knowledge for me to have on so many different fronts, thanks!
Ouch. Kansas city wasn't an option? Lol kansas city is 100000x better than st Louis.
Carter! Missed you, looking forward to learning more about Missouri.
I'm excited to see the Springfield Underground mentioned, as my extended family runs it. Thanks for making your videos so interesting!
Thank you for another great video. I lived in KC for several years. I still miss the BBQ.
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Tyler Mac welcome
Lived in Columbia Missouri for most of my life, its chaotic, the roads suck, but god do I love it.
Though I live across the river in Illinois when asked I proudly say I'm from St. Louis. Between the Cardinals, Blues, Battlehawks, and the Zoo I spend most of my time in St. Louis. seeing The Arch always brings me comfort. Signifies I'm home. Granted thanks to that tram and a fear of heights I'll never go to the top the Arch again, but I do visit the Westward Expansion Museum under it a lot.
Kaw Kaw is the law!
First of your videos I am seeing. I really liked it and will have all 56 on my watch list. Thankyou for your efforts
I've subscribed for all 50 states.
When you have time, a state by state tourist guide would also be great, both for US citizens and fir foreigners to discover.
I have lived in Missouri all my 64 years of life! :-)
I wish more of the Ozark culture and natural beauty would have been covered.
Thank you for including native history
This was an excellent overview of Missouri. Great video and narration. Thank you.
Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it!
Bro you did an excellent job depicting my home state and all about it thank you so much for this video good job!
Wish we could it make it clear like south of Missouri River is the south and north of it is the Midwest
I actually use your videos to figure our about places i think about moving. Keep doing this.
So where are you thinking about moving? Im doing the same thing. Probably Arkansas for a bit before I head to SC for awhile for a variety of reasons.
“I’ll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah!” -Abe Simpson
I've been all over the world and all around our country; decided there is no other state I will live in, but Missouri-Born, bred & raised, here I retire
Excellent job! You got a lot right that many get wrong or omit. A very interesting (IMO) though not terribly significant topic you didn't include was the French settlement of Old Mines -- older than Ste. Genevieve though not an officially a town -- and a unique French dialect that survived until very recently. A more significant topic, from the same area, would be the history and importance of lead mining in that region as well as the Joplin area. But at an hour already, you can't cover everything.
If you go to the Mountain man Rendezvous held by the Missouri French heritage society (one being in old mines) you'll find that dialect is still alive. Some of the younger people from that tribe I've met can switch from using it and not.
Just a little correction. St. Louis is named after King Louis the ninth of France. I believe you said King Louis the 14th. Anyway, great content!! I love history and know much about Missouri and St. Louis (we affectionately call it The Lou) as I live in St. Louis, but I learned much from you. Thanks!
Scrolled through the comments to see if anyone else caught that too!
Great video, and thank you for mentioning that the Kansas and Missouri sides of Kansas City are united as one metro. That’s exactly how we feel here. Yes, we sometimes have to deal with state-specific issues, but it really does feel like one big city that just happens to have a state line running through it.
It is a backward metro area that will keep getting passed up by far more dynamic and innovative metro areas.
From an Illinois Boy & a Missouri Man, very good job.
Live in St. Charles now & was born in Alton. The mississippi river valley is home!
Kansas City and the ozarks are high on my USA bucket list. Great video, can't wait for the next one!
Come in the Autumn. Best time of the year by far.
You really should visit St Louis too if you haven't already. We have a lot of wonderful free activities and cultural events. If you're into music, the Scott Joplin house is downtown and open for tours as one of our state historic sites. First State Capitol in St Charles is also preserved and offers tours. If you're into adult beverages, there's multiple breweries and distilleries in the STL Metro and the western metro border in St Charles County features a fair number of stops on the Missouri wine trails.
Kcmo has a huge crime problem. Worse than St. Louis south of the Missouri River.
Fascinating Information!!! Beautiful state - Thank you.
As someone who lives in kc I can tell you this - the winters are anything but mild
LOL, they are quite mild compared to the actual Midwest that isn't southern influenced along and north of I-80.
Thank you for covering the oft-unknown Mormon War of Missouri. The Mormon Exterminaton Order was technically still around until it was rescinded in 1976
Question is will the city of St. Louis rebound? From Southwest Missouri I love to visit St. Louis to see a Cardinals game and just visit the city.
Great job as always, Carter! You always go so in-depth with each state, and I learn something new about them every time. Can't wait for Arkansas next 🙌😊
Nice video, you sound like a Missouri native. you hit all the key points in this overview!
I'm shocked little Fortescue got a mention!! Been through there, Craig and Mound City multiple times. Great little corner of the state
1848... the Great Springtime of the Peoples featured revolution in many parts of Europe who tried to throw off the oppressionof the monarchs and nobility over regular people. The failure of these revolutions meant that many great freethinking minds left Europe. You touch on this period with the influx of Germans and other Central Europeans. It's an interesting period, and I think someone could study a lot about how the US benefitted from this.
Found this fascinating. My wife is from KC, and we visit regularly. As someone who grew up on the West Coast, where documented history doesn't go back all that far. KC feels very cool. The BBQ is incredible, the blues and jazz history... really great City. I need to explore more of the state.
I'm traveling Illinois from top to bottom this spring, and I'm staying a few nights in Fairview Heights. I'm excited to explore St. Louis not just from a tourists perspective, but also a geographic and demographic one. I want to see all neighborhoods, to see in person what went wrong. Better yet, next year I'm traveling throughout Missouri, and I'll be staying in St. Louis for 2 weeks, as well as KC for a week. It'll be fun to compared the two in such a close time frame.
You will know what went wrong real fast...Also,you will love KC..
That sounds great. If you head to the dangerous areas, just head there during the day, and you should be fine going almost anywhere on the road. Once you park use your own judgement.
As someone who's lived also in Arkansas a good portion of my life I can say that they have the devil's Den and they also have where the White River meets the Bryant river is excellent fishing especially gigging for sucker fish people do family reunions fish-frys get togethers along the river and celebrate life. Float trips kayaking and canoeing are big along the riverways in the Ozarks.
Missouri is so beautiful.
you know more about my state than i do! very well done, excellent content. thank you.
You mention Metro KC has a population of 1.6 million. Is that just the MO side? Because the metro area's population is actually closer to 2.3 million.
Yes that’s the Missouri side
KC urban area is what he said, not metro
I've been waiting for someone to finally explain Missouri to me
Born and raised a buckeye moved to mo in 1969 wile Dayton was a lot cooler in the summer,
Kansas city mo is a lot more laid back. St louis was bassicly an industrialized city wile Kansas City is more diverse in its uses both industrial and agro in nature.
St louis always seems dirty in comparison kansas city was very clean until the city pushed recycling however its starting to recover .
Talking about French then spanish control over the years before it became part of the united states shows how divers our population is
And if you look west and north
There is plenty of open land not being used, immigrants from mexico and south america could use. If you think of our nations growth the last 200 years
I see an opertunity to grow as a nation more people, more tax larger ecumenical growth more products to offer other nations for trade
A new unskilled labor force to teach, new ideas and projects.
Not many people can say they are Native Americans in America.
So why do so many people complain when migrants come to America to make a better life for themselves. We have room.
Your not loosing your farm, your not loosing your job. But we can take back manufacturing from china. You have it all wrong when you think this hurts us as a nation.
We would not be the nation we are had people from every nation immigrated here in the past 200 years. In fact if you grow food you'll sell more, if you make things you'll sell more if you make things you'll have a larger labor pool to hire from. If you collect taxes you'll have more workers to collect it from.
And yes people will need help, a push in the right direction help with food and shelter, but its investing in
Our own nation.
As someone who has lived in Kcks and kcmo. Good job.
Excited to see Iowa one day hopefully! Keep up the great videos ❤
maybe I misunderstood you but the KC metropolitan area (both sides of the line) has a population of over 2.2 million
Correct. There is about 2.2 million people most of the people live on the Missouri side
The KC urban area is about 1.7 million
@@rorypaul153 it covers 2 states, and the metropolitan area is over 2.2 million
Keep the good work up Carter! Your US Explained videos are fantastic!
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I don't live there, but I want to. Missouri rocks!
Tyler Mac I’ll visit there
Been waiting for this 1 I'm gonna be moving and your guides hav helped alot
Lee’s Summit shout out !!!
Thank you for doing a video on my state
Amazing video! Love from KC!
8:30 if memory serves me correctly, that is Alley Spring not too terribly far from my home town.
Sorry if I sound like a nerd, but I am a fellow Missourian myself,
and I would like to correct something,
Saint Louis was named after Saint Louis of France(Louis the 9th of France).
I didn't want to sound mean, and I hope you learned something.
I'm pretty sure Lewis and Clark left a little upstream in the MO river at St. Charles.
Using pictures from real landmarks in the state really bumps up the quality of the video. Nice job mate :)
Very well done. So much information to have to go through with regards to MO. Missouri has been often referred to as a good macrocosm or representation for the nation as a whole. When you have time, you might want to go back and visit the history of MO and it's masonic and banking influences on the politics of the nation. Additionally, mafia and syndicated political networks that controlled information, trade and commerce during the expansion or development westward. MO is nicknamed the "cave" state. Researching the cave systems in MO might uncover some very interesting discoveries. :)
Not at all any more, Missouri is a bypassed joke of a state that is below average in every key category.
Missouri= not a macrocosm for anything at all in 2024.
Branson’s tourism scene has a weird hidden history that’s begging to be unearthed. It kind of feels like it’s going through a midlife crisis right now though, mostly due to a lack of interest in the attractions (though Silver Dollar City still gets a lot of visitors); most of them are catered to the elderly, which has been a thing forever.
Also, James River Church is almost cult-like in its gathering and execution. I would definitely check out some of their “Men’s Conferences” if you want to see something truly insane.
20:55 fun fact to add, the lake of the ozarks has more shoreline than California