Hidden-treasure hunting at Murtaugh Park
Monday, July 15, 2013
ABOVE: Randy Davis of Cape Girardeau uses his metal detector Sunday on a strip that was Aquamsi Street next to Murtaugh Park across from Old St. Vincent's Church in Cape Girardeau. BELOW: Davis uses his metal detector. The park was dedicated in 1928 in memory of the Rev. James A. Murtaugh, C.M., a civic-minded Catholic priest who served the Vincentian parish and schools here. Through the city of Cape Girardeau's Transportation Trust Fund Phase 4, which voters approved in 2010, the park will more than double in size with the removal of the street in front of the Red House Interpretive Center.
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