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Cape Rock MO451

CAPE ROCK

On this rock promontory which originally projected into the river and formed a cape. Ensign Girardot, A Frenchman establish a trading post about 1733. From this site Cape Girardeau took its name.

E. Cape Rock Dr., Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County Missouri


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