Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Broadcasters and Artists

Photographed by Edward Troxel, November 16, 2024

1. Broadcasters and Artists Marker

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Broadcasters and Artists. . Jack Buck , 1924-2002 LIVED IN ST. LOUIS, MO , Born John F. Buck, this sportscaster is best known for his play-by-play work announcing St. Louis Cardinals' Major League Baseball games on KMOX radio for nearly 50 years and his trademark phrase "That's a winner!," which he stated after every winning game. Buck received National Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting. , Joe Garagiola , 1926-2016 | BORN IN ST. LOUIS, MO , Born Joseph H. Garagiola Sr., this announcer, TV host and panelist started as a Major League Baseball catcher who was signed at age 16 to play for the St. Louis Cardinals. As an announcer, Garagiola was best known for his almost 30-year association with NBC television and colorful personality. He received a Peabody Award and Ford C. Frick Award for his work. , Marlin Perkins , 1905-1986 | BORN IN CARTHAGE, MO , Born Richard Marlin Perkins, this St. Louis, MO, zoologist is best known as the TV show host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, which advocated for the protection of endangered species. Through this show, Perkins gave many Americans their first exposure to the conservation movement. Perkins remained with the St. Louis Zoo as Director Emeritus until his death in St. Louis at age 81. , Walter Cronkite , 1916-2009 BORN IN ST. JOSEPH, MO , This broadcast journalist is best known as the anchor of CBS Evening News for nearly 20 years. During CBS' heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, Cronkite was often cited as "the most trusted man in America." He signed off each night with "And that's the way it is," signifying his personal credo of reporting the news fast, accurately and objectively. , Thomas H. Benton , 1889-1975 BORN AND DIED IN MISSOURI , At the forefront of the Regionalist art movement, this painter is best known for his murals of everyday scenes of Midwestern life. Born in Neosho, MO, Benton studied art in Chicago and Europe and later worked in New York. He was featured on one of the earliest color covers of Time magazine. He returned to Missouri in 1935 to teach at the Kansas City Art Institute, dying at work in his studio at age 85.

Jack Buck
1924-2002 LIVED IN ST. LOUIS, MO
Born John F. Buck, this sportscaster is best known for his play-by-play work announcing St. Louis Cardinals' Major League Baseball games on KMOX radio for nearly 50 years and his trademark phrase "That's a winner!," which he stated after every winning game. Buck received National Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting.

Joe Garagiola
1926-2016 | BORN IN ST. LOUIS, MO
Born Joseph H. Garagiola Sr., this announcer, TV host and panelist started as a Major League Baseball catcher who was signed at age 16 to play for the St. Louis Cardinals. As an announcer, Garagiola was best known for his almost 30-year association with NBC television and colorful personality. He received a Peabody Award and Ford C. Frick Award for his work.

Marlin Perkins
1905-1986 | BORN IN CARTHAGE, MO
Born Richard Marlin Perkins, this St. Louis, MO, zoologist is best known as the TV show host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, which advocated for the protection of endangered species. Through this show, Perkins gave many Americans their first exposure to the conservation movement. Perkins remained with the St. Louis Zoo as Director Emeritus until his death in St. Louis at age 81.

Walter Cronkite
1916-2009

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BORN IN ST. JOSEPH, MO
This broadcast journalist is best known as the anchor of CBS Evening News for nearly 20 years. During CBS' heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, Cronkite was often cited as "the most trusted man in America." He signed off each night with "And that's the way it is," signifying his personal credo of reporting the news fast, accurately and objectively.

Thomas H. Benton
1889-1975 BORN AND DIED IN MISSOURI
At the forefront of the Regionalist art movement, this painter is best known for his murals of everyday scenes of Midwestern life. Born in Neosho, MO, Benton studied art in Chicago and Europe and later worked in New York. He was featured on one of the earliest color covers of Time magazine. He returned to Missouri in 1935 to teach at the Kansas City Art Institute, dying at work in his studio at age 85.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Entertainment • Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. 37° 18.174′ N, 89° 31.086′ W. Marker is in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in Cape Girardeau County. It is on North Water Street, on the right when traveling north. Located on Missouri Wall of Fame along the Missouri River Front. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cape Girardeau MO 63701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking

Photographed by Edward Troxel, November 16, 2024

2. Broadcasters and Artists Marker

distance of this marker: Illustrious Individuals (a few steps from this marker); Sports Dazzlers (a few steps from this marker); Lights, Camera... Actors! (a few steps from this marker); All Things Missouri (within shouting distance of this marker); Missouri Mule / The Wild West (within shouting distance of this marker); The Wild West (within shouting distance of this marker); Men of Might (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Captains of Industry (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cape Girardeau.

Other markers no longer nearby. Muralist / Broadcasters (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); George Washington Carver (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Civil War / The Boys of Summer / Sports Dazzlers (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Hollywood (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Mark Twain / Missouri Generals / George Caleb Bingham (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with

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another marker now near it); Dwarfing the Titanic (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); Captains of Industry (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2024, by Edward Troxel of Creal Springs, Illinois. This page has been viewed 112 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 17, 2024, by Edward Troxel of Creal Springs, Illinois. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.