- -30- then and now (8/22/18)2
- Meet Mable at Mable's Cafe in Chaffee (8/20/18)
- Willow Grove Rockets Skate Club (8/15/18)
- Central Municipal Pool built in 1979 (8/13/18)
- Hecht's Store founder returns to Main street (8/8/18)
- Land acquired to build SEMO Port (8/6/18)
- St. Vincent's Seminary ends after 136 years (8/1/18)1
A boulder was placed at Cape Rock by Highway Engineer Dennis Scivally in September 1933, and a bronze plaque was attached which read: "On this rock promontory, which originally projected into the river and formed a cape, Ensign Girardot, a Frenchman, established a trading post about 1733. From this site Cape Girardeau took its name." The stone, weighing in the neighborhood of three tons, was moved to the park from the old Wilson property on North Main Street. (G.D. Fronabarger photo, undated)
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From the Morgue: Preserving Cape Rock Park
[The woodcarving was removed for repairs in 2015. It was not returned to the park.]
Cape Rock Park offers a quiet spot above the Mississippi River in this drone view July 8, 2018 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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