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The exact location of the disaster was known to local residents as the Devil’s Tea Table and was even mentioned by Mark Twain in his Life on the Mississippi. The Stonewall was traveling southbound on the Mississippi River near Neely's Landing, its destinations being Cape Girardeau, Memphis and New Orleans. The exact cause of the fire is not ...
Bainbridge Ferry, also known as the Randol's Ferry and Littleton's Ferry, is a historic ferry landing on the western shore of the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It is the site of a ferry that was established about 1805 and operated in the 19th century.
Green's Ferry, also known as the Waller's Ferry and Smith's Ferry, is a historic ferry landing on the western shore of the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, Missouri.The ferry was one of two locations on the Mississippi River utilized by the Cherokee to cross from Illinois to Missouri on the Trail of Tears of 1837–1839.
The Head of Passes is considered to be the location of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The US Army Corps of Engineers maintains a 45-foot (13.7 m) shipping channel from the mouth of Southwest Pass—20 miles (32 km) downriver from the Head—up to Baton Rouge , the US's farthest inland deep-water port.
This is a Mississippi River fishing/boat ramp with a floating dock. 8 3.2: Cape Girardeau: Reynolds (S P) Access: This area offers access to the Mississippi River. There is a boat ramp. 1 0.40: Pemiscot
The Cape Girardeau Missouri River Front Park in Cape Girardeau, Missouri is located in front of the levee wall that protects the town from high water of the Mississippi River. The park has a stepped concrete seating platform that will allow viewing of the river by visitors.
The Mississippi River [b] is the primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. [c] [15] [16] From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km) [16] to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.
Missouri counties on the Mississippi River (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.