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2 unusual facts about Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau


Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau

It consists of 39 primarily rural counties in the southern third of Missouri that include the urban areas of Springfield (the diocese headquarters), Branson, and Cape Girardeau.

Each year, tens of thousands of Vietnamese American Catholics converge on Carthage, at the western end of the diocese, to participate in the Marian Days celebration.


Bill Emerson

The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, is named after him, as is Emerson Hall, the main assembly room in the House Page School in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress and Emerson Hall, an upperclass residence hall at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, his alma mater.

Chuck Walker

He holds many non-football related records within the town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Clint Tracy

Tracy represents Missouri's 158th Legislative District, which consists of most of the city of Cape Girardeau.

Clyde A. Vaughn

#January 1978 - February 1979, Reconnaissance Officer, Headquarters Company, 1140th Engineer Battalion, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

District of Louisiana

At this time, the District was further divided into five administrative divisions: New Madrid, Cape Girardeau, Ste. Genevieve, St. Charles, and St. Louis.

Geography of Missouri

The boundary between the Ozark and lowland regions runs southwest from Cape Girardeau on the Mississippi River to the Arkansas border just southwest of Poplar Bluff.

Kenrickā€“Glennon Seminary

In the fall of 1858, the Second Provincial Council of Saint Louis made a new determination for the Seminary and by way of experiment, another Vincentian institute, Saint Vincent College, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, served as a regional seminary with the entire Archdiocesan Seminary thus transferred there, the Major Seminary moving from Carondelet, the Minor Seminary from Perryville.

Robert C. Davey

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Davey attended the public schools, and was graduated from St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1871.

Sheldon Gardner

He wrote a column for a Cape Girardeau, Missouri newspaper and a monthly column for Professional Selling.

Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team represents Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.

Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.

He was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and is the son of retired federal district judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr., grandson of attorney Rush Limbaugh, Sr., and a cousin of prominent political commentators Rush and David Limbaugh.

Williamson County Regional Airport

July 23, 1973: Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 between Nashville International Airport and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport had intermediate stops in Clarksville, Tennessee, Paducah, Kentucky, Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Marion-Williamson County Airport before arriving in St. Louis in the midst of a tornado warning.


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