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Bill Eddleman

Local History

Bill Eddleman, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, is a native of Cape Girardeau County who has conducted genealogical research for over 25 years. He retired from Southeast Missouri State as Professor of Biology in 2016, and has been Associate Director of the Cape Girardeau Research Center, State Historical Society of Missouri, since July 2017.

A local family's connection to Comanche leader Quanah Parker

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Older Cape Girardeau residents may remember A.Q. Fulbright, a local distributor for Phillips Petroleum Co. What you may not know is the story behind his unusual middle name, which was "Quanah."

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