Bainbridge Ferry

Cty Rd. 630, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. County/parish: Cape Girardeau.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 21, 2007. NRIS 07000573.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Littleton's Ferry
  • Randol's Ferry

From Wikipedia:

Bainbridge Ferry

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.: 5 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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