Grave of Don Lewis Lorimer, Founder of Cape Girardeau, MO

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Title: Grave of Don Lewis Lorimer, Founder of Cape Girardeau, MO
Creator(s): St. Louis Globe Democrat
Date: 1937-10-1
Content Type: picture
Subject(s): Towns
Geographic Area: Cape Girardeau (Mo.)
Missouri
Time Period: 1930-1939
1950-1959
Description: "Grave of Don Lewis Lorimer, founder of Cape Girardeau, 1793. Wife died in 1808. First white person to be buried in this Lorimier Cemetery. Both he and his wife are buried here. He died in 1812. This pavilion was built over their grave. Mrs. Lorimer was the daughter of an Indian - he had great influence with the Indians. There was no trouble in known history of trouble with the Indians in Cape Girardeau."
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Classification: Cape Girardeau MO 1937023
Owner: St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis