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R         Naeter Brothers Publishing Company.

773                  Ten Mile Garden … Cape Rock Drive (booklet), 1949.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This booklet describes the Ten Mile Garden (U.S. 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson), Cape Rock Drive, and Boulder Crest (a “nature laboratory”), in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.  These areas featured decorative plantings and landscaping.

 

Naeter Brothers Publishing Company, publishers of The Cape Girardeau Southeast Mis­sou­rian, produced this booklet to express “the appreciation of Cape Girardeau’s Newspaper to Cape Girardeau’s Garden Clubs hosts of the State Convention of Garden Clubs, May 10, 11, 1949.”  Described herein are the “Ten Mile Garden” (United States Highway 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson, featuring large expanses of rose bushes), “Cape Rock Drive” (a land­scaped, 7.5 mile avenue around the northern section of Cape Girardeau), and “Boulder Crest” (a “nature labora­tory” overlooking the Ten Mile Garden that was established by The Southeast Mis­sourian).

 

The 24-page booklet includes many two-color photographic illustrations.

 

 

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