FIRST: Lead Mine In The Mississippi Valley - Mine La Motte, Missouri
Posted by: BruceS
N 37° 37.201 W 090° 17.347
15S E 739254 N 4167112
Plaque marking location of first lead mine in the Mississippi Valley.
Waymark Code: WMJ0CQ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2013
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Text of plaque:
This tablet marks the site of the first lead mine opened in the Mississippi valley about the year 1700. It is named for Antoine De Lamotte Cadillac, Governor of Louisiana 1710-1717.
Erected December 7, 1933
By The
State Society Daughers of the American Colonists
And The John Forster Chapter
Founded By Katherine Forster Cayce
Mrs. Edward Thurman Smith State Regent
Mrs. James W Highley Chapter Regent
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