The Mississippi River

The Mississippi River (HMZ4E)

Location: Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Cape Girardeau County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 18.283', W 89° 31.058'

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"The Father of Water" has provided means of travel and commerce since early days. Indians, explorers, priests, traders, and settlers plied its current in canoes, dugouts, flatboats, keelboats, packets, and towboats.

Until the Civil War, Cape Girardeau thrived as a river port for the district. It shipped out furs, pork and beef products, cotton, grain and lumber, and tools, and entertainment by the showboat and races on the river.
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HM NumberHMZ4E
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 1:12pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 276868 N 4131648
Decimal Degrees37.30471667, -89.51763333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 18.283', W 89° 31.058'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 18' 16.98" N, 89° 31' 3.48" W
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Area Code(s)573
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1973 N Water St, Cape Girardeau MO 63701, US
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