Bainbridge Ferry
Appearance
Bainbridge Ferry | |
Location | County Road 630, Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
---|---|
Coordinates | 37°24′43″N 89°26′16″W / 37.41194°N 89.43778°W |
Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
Built | 1837 | -1839
MPS | Cherokee Trail of Tears MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 07000573[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 21, 2007 |
Bainbridge Ferry, also known as the Randol's Ferry and Littleton's Ferry, is a historic ferry landing on the western shore of the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It is the site of a ferry that was established about 1805 and operated in the 19th century. The ferry was located at one of two places on the Mississippi River utilized by the Cherokee to cross from Illinois to Missouri on the Trail of Tears of 1837–1839.[2]: 5
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Philip Thomason and Teresa Douglass (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bainbridge Ferry" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 1, 2016.