Green's Ferry

Green's Ferry
Location On the Mississippi River at the end of Green's Ferry Rd., Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Coordinates 37°27′04″N 89°27′27″W / 37.45111°N 89.45750°W / 37.45111; -89.45750Coordinates: 37°27′04″N 89°27′27″W / 37.45111°N 89.45750°W / 37.45111; -89.45750
Area 1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built 1838 (1838)
MPS Cherokee Trail of Tears MPS
NRHP Reference # 07000571[1]
Added to NRHP June 21, 2007

Green's Ferry, also known as the Waller's Ferry and Smith's Ferry, is a historic ferry landing on the western shore of the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The ferry was one of two locations on the Mississippi River utilized by the Cherokee to cross from Illinois to Missouri on the Trail of Tears of 1837-1839.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Cherokee Trail of Tears MPS


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