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Garret B. Kremer-Wright

Local History

Garret B. Kremer-Wright has worked as the archivist for The State Historical Society of Missouri since February 2018. He earned his BS in Historic Preservation from Southeast Missouri State University and MA in Public History from Wright State University.

A.C. Nielson

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Axtel Carl Nielson lived in Cape Girardeau for 25 years, from the 1910s to 1930s, with his wife Josephine and son Richard. The couple was married in Chicago in 1905 and had at least two children prior to moving to Missouri.

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