The nickname for the State of Missouri is the Show-Me-State, and entered into Statehood on August 10, 1821. The Missouri State Capital is Jefferson City, and the Missouri State motto is salus populi suprema lex esto, which means the welfare of the people shall be the supreme law. The Missouri State flower is the hawthorn (1923). The Missouri State bird is the bluebird (1927). The Missouri State aquatic animal is the paddlefish (1997). The Missouri State fish is the channel catfish (1997). The Missouri State song is the “Missouri Waltz” (1949). The Missouri State fossil is the crinoid (1989). The Missouri State musical instrument is the fiddle (1987). The Missouri State rock is the mozarkite (1967). The Missouri State mineral is the galena (1967). The Missouri State insect is the honeybee (1985). The Missouri State tree is the flowering dogwood (1955). The Missouri State tree nut is the eastern black walnut (1990). The Missouri State animal is the mule (1995). The Missouri State dance is the square dance (1995).