Question: how did missouri get the name show me state

title: Missouri
text: There is no official state nickname . However , Missouri 's unofficial nickname is the `` Show Me State '' , which appears on its license plates . This phrase has several origins . One is popularly ascribed to a speech by Congressman Willard Vandiver in 1899 , who declared that `` I come from a state that raises corn and cotton , cockleburs and Democrats , and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me . I 'm from Missouri , and you have got to show me . '' This is in keeping with the saying `` I 'm from Missouri '' which means `` I 'm skeptical of the matter and not easily convinced . '' However , according to researchers , the phrase `` show me '' was already in use before the 1890s . Another one states that it is a reference to Missouri miners who were taken to Leadville , Colorado to replace striking workers . Since the new men were unfamiliar with the mining methods , they required frequent instruction . 

Answer: answer: This phrase has several origins.  One is popularly ascribed to a speech by Congressman Willard Vandiver in 1899, who declared that `` I come from a state that raises corn and cotton, cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me.  I 'm from Missouri, and you have got to show me.''  Another one states that it is a reference to Missouri miners who were taken to Leadville, Colorado to replace striking workers.
 Since the new men were unfamiliar with the mining methods, they required frequent instruction.