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- Mayor Ford, Kiwanis light up Capaha Park's diamond (4/16/24)1
- The rise and fall of Capaha Park's wooden grandstand (4/9/24)
- Death of Judge Pat Dyer, prosecutor of the famous peonage case here in 1906 (4/2/24)2
- A third steamer Cape Girardeau was christened 100 years ago (3/26/24)
- Cape Girardeau christens its namesake (3/19/24)
- The humanist philosophy of Lester Mondale (3/12/24)1
- Cape Osteopathic Hospital opens its doors (3/5/24)
From the Morgue
The Southeast Missourian's resident historian Sharon K. Sanders blogs about interesting pieces of local history pulled from the newspaper's morgue -- the place where our old editions are kept.
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Bonus blog: Looking back at the 2017 total solar eclipse
Posted Sunday, August 21, 2022, at 12:00 AM
The totality of the eclipse as seen in Perryville, Missouri, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Andrew Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian archive)
It's hard to believe, but it's already been five years since everything stopped and the world turned dark.
Five years ago today — Aug. 21, 2017 — a total solar eclipse was observed. Everyone seemed to be talking about the same thing, doing the same thing... Including me. I joined my fellow employees of the Southeast Missourian — at least those of us not specifically covering the event — on the sidewalk at Ivers Square, gazing at the sun through pasteboard, tinted glasses. Later in the day, Big Sis and I would take in an entertaining lecture by author and scientist Michio Kaku at the Show Me Center
I still have my tinted glasses... waiting for the next total eclipse on April 8, 2024, according to NASA.
Where were you on this day in 2017?
Here's the Missourian's coverage of the solar eclipse. Maybe it will help jog your memory.
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