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

Cape La Croix Creek

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 12, 2012

1. Cape La Croix Creek Marker

Inscription. In 1699, fathers Montigny, Davion, and St. Cosme, French missionaries erected a cross where this stream entered the Mississippi and prayed that this might be the beginning of Christianity among the Indians. The stream has ever since been known as Cape La Croix Creek.

Originally dedicated October 12, 1947 LaCroix Creek site on N. Kings Highway.
Relocated to this site on
Good Friday, April 10, 2009
Rededicated
Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is April 10, 1863.

Location. 37° 18.022′ N, 89° 31.152′ W. Marker is in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in Cape Girardeau County. It is on South Central Avenue near William Street. 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 distance of this marker: Old St. Vincent's Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Don Louis Lorimier / El Camino Real (within shouting distance of this marker); The Red House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Red House Interpretive Center (within shouting distance of this marker); George Drouillard (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri

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(within shouting distance of this marker); B'nai Israel Synagogue (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Title Panel (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cape Girardeau.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 12, 2012

2. Cape La Croix Creek Marker

Old St. Vincent Church. A Chapel of Ease William & Main Sts. (mailing address: 629 William St.) Cape image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 12, 2012

3. Old St. Vincent Church. A Chapel of Ease William & Main Sts. (mailing address: 629 William St.) Cape

Marker is in background to the far left.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 845 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 23, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.