Nature's River

Nature's River (HM21CN)

Location: Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Cape Girardeau County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 18.236', W 89° 31.069'

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Before humans lived in this area, the Mississippi River Valley was a great wide wetland teaming with plant and animal life. The hawthorn plant, with its brilliant blossoms and bright red berries, became the Missouri state flower. The Carolina parakeet, once prevalent in the river valley, had generally vanished by 1900.
The last known member of the species died on February 21, 1918 in the Cincinnati Zoo.

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HM NumberHM21CN
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Placed ByMississippi River Tales River Heritage Mural Association Cape Giradeau Missiour Where the river turns a thousand tales
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Date Added Saturday, September 2nd, 2017 at 7:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 276850 N 4131562
Decimal Degrees37.30393333, -89.51781667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 18.236', W 89° 31.069'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 18' 14.16" N, 89° 31' 4.1399999999999" W
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Area Code(s)573
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 26 N Water St, Cape Girardeau MO 63701, US
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