LETTERS: PLEASE SHARE HISTORICAL DATA ABOUT MARQUETTE

To the editor:

I would like to thank all the individuals involved in opening the Marquette Hotel to the public last Saturday. It was great seeing the large number of visitors and their enthusiasm. Having seen the interior myself for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised by the overall condition of the building, as any deterioration seemed mostly cosmetic rather than structural.

I have helped organize a group of students that is researching the history and potential uses for the Marquette. If you have any historical information you would like to share regarding the hotel and would like to see it added to our research project, please mail it to our history research leader: Robin Seiler, 1700 Bertling, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701. Or, you can send e-mail to:

bv06stu@semovm.semo.edu.

If you would like items returned, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope. If you consider the items to be really valuable, please make a copy and send that instead.

JEREMY WELLS

Cape Girardeau