MISSISSIPPI
MS
"THE BAYOU/EAGLE/GROUND-HOG/MAGNOLIA/BORDER-E AGLE/MUD-CAT STATE"
'Virtute Et Armis'
('By Valor and Arms')
CAPITAL: Jackson
ADMITTED TO UNION: December 10, 1817 - 20th State
FLOWER: Southern Magnolia
TREE: Evergreen Magnolia
BIRD: Northern Mockingbird
WATER FOWL: Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
ANIMAL: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus viriniaus)
MAMMAL: Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
INSECT: Honeybee (Aspos mellifera)
SHELL: Oyster Shell (Crassostrea virinica)
FOSSIL: Prehistoric Whale
FISH: Largemouth Bass (Black Bass) (Micropterus salmoides)
STONE: Petrified Wood
BEVERAGE: Milk
SONG: "Go, Mississippi"
REGION: Southern State
External Resources
1. Wikipedia on Mississippi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi>
2. Official State Portal <http://www.mississippi.gov/>
3. U.S. Census on Mississippi <http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28000.html>
4. Weather Underground for Mississippi <http://www.wunderground.com/US/MS/>
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