Jake Wells Bicentennial Mural - Cape Girardeau, Missouri
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N 37° 18.373 W 089° 31.342
16S E 276453 N 4131826
This 40- by 22-foot mural, high on the east side of a building located at 405 Broadway, depicts the founding of Cape Girardeau.
Waymark Code: WM2EQ1
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2007
Views: 44
Dedicated to the city on its 200th anniversary in 1993.
Ensign Jean B. Girardot, a young French Marine Lieutenant serving in this area in the early 1700s, started a trading post in the remote river area to give trappers and river travelers a welcome respite. The "Red House" was the home of the Governor of the Cape Girardeau district, Louis Lorimier, who came to the area in 1793. He was commissioned by the Spanish Governor General to establish a military post to trade and interact with the native inhabitants. Civic leader and author Louis Houck, who brought the first railroad to Cape Girardeau, is silhouetted on the left. Rising from the lower center are the Spanish and French flags, signifying possession of the area by those two countries.
City: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Location Name: 405 Broadway Building
Date: 1993
Media: paint
Artist: Not listed
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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