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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «cape girardeau county» AND «missouri»

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By Jimmy Emerson, April 27, 2008
Burfordville Covered Bridge Marker
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1 ► Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Burfordville — Bollinger Mill / Burfordville Covered Bridge —
On County Road 360 0.1 miles east of State Highway OO, on the right when traveling east.
Bollinger Mill Maj. George Frederick Bollinger built the first mill here in 1800, on a 640-acre grant from Louis Lorimier, Spanish Commandant of Cape Girardeau district of Upper Louisiana. A German Swiss from North Carolina, Bollinger visited . . . — — Map (db m35367) HM

2 ► Missouri, Perry County, Altenburg — Altenburg —
On Main Street (Missouri Route A) 0 miles west of Church Street, on the right when traveling east.
Some 700 Saxon Lutherans settled, 1839, in Perry County and formed the parishes of Altenburg, Wittenberg, Dresden, Seelitz, Frohna, and one settlement, Johannisburg, in Cape Girardeau County. The community of Paltzdorf (Uniontown) was organized, . . . — — Map (db m35290) HM
3 ► Missouri, Stone County, Galena — Galena —
On Y Bridge (Missouri Route 248), on the right when traveling south on Y Bridge.
Seat of justice for Stone County. Galena lies 1,016 feet above sea level on the James River in whose beautiful, crystal waters the explorer H.R. Schoolcraft reported seeing lumps of galena on his 1818-19 trip in the Ozarks. First known as . . . — — Map (db m265276) HM

4 ► Missouri, Bollinger County, Marble Hill — Marble Hill —
On High Street at Gilmore Street, on the right when traveling north on High Street.
[side 1] Here on a scenic hill at the junction of crystal clear Crooked and Hurricane Creeks, Thomas Hamilton laid out Marble Hill after Bollinger County was organized, March, 1851. First called New California, the town was . . . — — Map (db m179953) HM

5 ► Missouri, Perry County, Perryville — Morton Building —
On N. Jackson Street at W. St. Marie Street, on the left when traveling north on N. Jackson Street.
Dr. David Ferdinand Morton M.D. was a physician and surgeon born in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri on April 3, 1858. After graduating from medical school, he moved to Perryville where he became a prominent citizen and successful druggist and . . . — — Map (db m279661) HM
 
 
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 13, 2026