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For
nearly 250 years, the mighty Mississippi has granted Cape Girardeau a legacy of
prosperity and dealt it some fearsome scars. Walk through buildings cut by the
shrapnel of exploding steamboats, swamped in the debris of sudden floods and
haunted by the restless spirits of those who washed ashore. And beyond the
riverfront, tragedy’s indelible mark can be found in places like the back row
of the Rose Theater or the ashen mists of Spook Hollow. Joel Rhodes keeps
company with the most forlorn figures and entrenched phantoms in this history
of Cape Girardeau, where the river turns a thousand chilling tales.
For
nearly 250 years, the mighty Mississippi has granted Cape Girardeau a legacy of
prosperity and dealt it some fearsome scars. Walk through buildings cut by the
shrapnel of exploding steamboats, swamped in the debris of sudden floods and
haunted by the restless spirits of those who washed ashore. And beyond the
riverfront, tragedy’s indelible mark can be found in places like the back row
of the Rose Theater or the ashen mists of Spook Hollow. Joel Rhodes keeps
company with the most forlorn figures and entrenched phantoms in this history
of Cape Girardeau, where the river turns a thousand chilling tales.
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