Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.

Dennis Scivally Park 1936

Posted Friday, September 28, 2012, at 12:00 AM

Dec. 31, 1936 Southeast Missourian, Show Me Edition

One of the features that has marked development of the Cape Rock Drive, also known as the Outer Drive, is Dennis Scivally Park. Purchased and developed by the Cape Special Road District, it quickly sprang into popularity as a place for family gatherings and picnics on warm summer evenings. Fitted up by the road district, it has ample facilities. It gets its name from the chief engineer of the road district, Dennis Scivally. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)

A Dec. 18, 2019 Southeast Missourian story notes the Cape Special Road District was formed in 1912 and services a 98-mile area of roadways, including 9 miles of roads within city limits and 32 bridges on the national bridge inventory. The district is solely funded by Proposition 1, which passed in 2006 and raised the sales tax in Cape Girardeau County by one-half of 1 percent. Revenue generated by the tax is split among the district, the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Department and the Cape Girardeau County Road and Bridge Department.

Dennis Scivally Park, then and now, with more links.

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Dennis Scivally Park was the ace in the hole for Missourian photographers desperate for a piece of wild art.

It bailed me out a number of times.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/parks/dennis-scivally-park/

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/location-location-location/

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Fri, Sep 28, 2012, at 10:04 AM
A 67 Ford Galaxy 500 parked next to the old restrooms in the early '70s, windows fogged up, music playing, and stixxy finxgers. What a great time!

-- Posted by dr.pob on Fri, Sep 28, 2012, at 6:58 PM

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