Different river, different plans for Cape Girardeau

Sunday, August 12, 2007

In 1937 a flood at Paducah, Ky., extended more than 2 miles inland. The floodwall completed in 1949 to protect Paducah from that kind of devastation also alienated the city from the river that led explorer William Clark to found it. The same happened in Cape Girardeau. The floodwall that kept the city's downtown safe when the Mississippi River rampaged also cut the city off from its roots.

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