WASHINGTON – Missouri celebrated the 200th anniversary of statehood Aug. 10 and the Census Bureau offers these state facts... • Motto: “Salus populi suprema lex esto.” (“Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.”) • State dog: Old Drum • Amphibian: American bullfrog • Bird: native bluebird • Fish: channel catfish • Insect: honeybee • Reptile: three-toed box turtle • Tree: flowering dogwood • Mineral: galena • Rock: mozarkite • Musical instrument: fiddle The U.S. made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and organized the Missouri Territory on June 4, 1812, from the Louisiana Territory, which included these states: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma, and parts of Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.