The dog known as "Old Drum", whose death became the subject of an 1870 Missouri Supreme Court case and the delivery of a famous speech as the closing argument to the case known as the "Eulogy to Old Drum", is designated as the historical dog of the state of Missouri.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 10.112
Old Drum designated as the historical dog of Missouri
Effective: 28 Aug 2017; (L. 2017 S.B. 376)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.