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

Old Lorimier Cemetery

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 12, 2012

1. Old Lorimier Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Cape Girardeau's Oldest Shrine Earliest Inscription 1808 In this old cemetery gift of Don Louis Lorimier lie pioneers, founders, builders and defenders of our country.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1808.

Location. 37° 18.589′ N, 89° 31.284′ W. Marker is in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in Cape Girardeau County. It is on North Fountain Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 North Fountain Street, 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: St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Marquette Tower (approx. ¼ mile away); H&H Building (approx. ¼ mile away); Royal N'Orleans (approx. ¼ mile away); Opera House (approx. ¼ mile away); The Southeast Missourian Building (approx. ¼ mile away); The Art of Printing / Gathering & Disseminating News (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ivers Square Civil War Monuments (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cape Girardeau.

Also see . . . Alexander Buckner. US Senator and member of the Missouri State Legislature. (Submitted on August 23, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.)

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