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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21CN_natures-river_Cape-Girardeau-MO.html
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 para…
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Deep-water ships cannot sail the Mississippi River. The river is
frequently too shallow, and its strong currents would play havoc
with ships designed to navigate oceans. At its headwaters, the
Mississippi is less than three feet deep. Nor co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21AX_1673_Cape-Girardeau-MO.html
In 1673 Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet let the first French expedition down the Mississippi. Joliet was the explorer; Marquette was the missionary and chaplain. The French hoped to find a rumored big river to the south that might lead t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21AW_1735_Cape-Girardeau-MO.html
Sieur Jean Baptiste Girardot established a trading post in the vicinity of Cape Rock in the middle of the 18th century. This remote outpost became a gathering
place for river travelers. By 1765, maps of the Mississippi River identified the bend …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21AV_1793_Cape-Girardeau-MO.html
In 1793 Spanish officials in St. Louis named Louis Lorimier the Commandant of the District of Cape Girardeau. Shortly thereafter, he received Spanish land grants totaling several thousand arpents (1 arpent= .85 acres).In 1806 Lorimier and his secr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21AU_1803_Cape-Girardeau-MO.html
Between 1803 and 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led President Jefferson's Corps of Discovery to the great American West. On November 23, 1803, they stopped at Cape Girardeau to deliver letters of introduction to Louis Lorimier. Captain L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21AT_1804_Cape-Girardeau-MO.html
In 1803 the Mississippi River Valley was an important area in international diplomacy and intrigue. Napoleon's brothers, Lucien and Joseph, sought to dissuade him from selling the entire Louisiana Territory to the newly established United States. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21AS_1821_Cape-Girardeau-MO.html
When the territory of Missouri asked for statehood, it sought admission as a slave state since there were already many African-American slaves in the territory. Missouri was granted permission, but would be the only area in the Louisiana Territory…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21AR_1838_Cape-Girardeau-MO.html
In 1830 the U.S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act which led to the forced removal of eastern tribes to "Indian Territory" west of the Mississippi (later the state of Oklahoma). In the autumn of 1838, sixteen separate groups of Cherokee, abou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21AQ_1870_Cape-Girardeau-MO.html
St. Vincent's Young Ladies' Academy was founded in 1839 by the Sisters of Loretto as a school for young women. Located at the corner of Spanish and Good Hope streets, it was one of the first schools for women west of the Mississippi. Prior to its …