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Mural by Thomas Melvin in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Mississippi River Tales Mural
ArtistThomas Melvin Edit this on Wikidata
Year2005
LocationCape Girardeau, Missouri, US
Coordinates37°18′21″N 89°31′03″W / 37.30582°N 89.51748°W / 37.30582; -89.51748
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The Mississippi River Tales is a mural containing 24 panels covering nearly 18,000 square feet (1,700 m2) of the 15-foot (4.6 m)-high downtown floodwall in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It illustrates the area's history, beginning with the Native Americans who inhabited it between 900 and 1200. Each panel tells a story: Louis Lorimier platting the city in 1793, the transfer of Upper Louisiana from France to the United States in 1804, Missouri gaining statehood in 1821, the coming of the railroad in 1880, the Big Freeze of 1918-19 and the completion of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, among many others. The paintings are in a style similar to that of painter Thomas Hart Benton. (Pamela Selbert, Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2007). The mural was painted by Chicago artist Thomas Melvin, in collaboration with several local artists and was dedicated at a public ceremony on July 7, 2005.

Panels

  • Planning a City Planning a City
  • Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark
  • The Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase
  • Missouri Statehood Missouri Statehood
  • The Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears
  • The Civil War The Civil War
  • The Civil War The Civil War
  • St. Vincent's Young Ladies' Academy St. Vincent's Young Ladies' Academy
  • River Commerce River Commerce
  • President Taft's Visit President Taft's Visit
  • The Great Fire The Great Fire
  • The Big Freeze The Big Freeze
  • The Three "Cape Girardeaus" The Three "Cape Girardeaus"
  • Riverboat Jazz Riverboat Jazz
  • The Big Flood The Big Flood
  • River Industry River Industry
  • The Great Wall The Great Wall
  • River Fest River Fest

References

  1. Thomas Melvin

External links

  • "Murals". Cape Girardeau Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 2014-01-23.


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