Welcome to Sprigg Street Memories! My name is Darla June Franklin. My maiden name was Yow.
This blog will be my place to re-live old memories and introduce you to the people who lived near me in the South Sprigg Street neighborhood of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, during the late 1950's and early 1960's. Hopefully you may find my memories entertaining or informative. Maybe you have some memories or photos from that neighborhood and time also. If so, I hope that you will share them with me and also with others who may happen to visit this blog. You may leave a comment or email me at darlayow@gmail.com-
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Category Archives: Cape Girardeau
New Header Image
I have changed the header image to show the block where our house was located on South Sprigg. This is the southernmost part of the 1200 block of South Sprigg. In this photo, the first house on the left was … Continue reading
Posted in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Neighbors, Sprigg Street
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The Mississippi River – My Confidante
This morning I was thinking about my life in Cape Girardeau, MO, growing up very near the Mississippi River and how special that river was to me as a child & also as a teen-ager. There was just something … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Sprigg Street
Tagged Cape Girardeau Missouri, Mississippi, Mississippi River
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My GGG Grandfather??
The story I have for you today is not officially documented, mainly because the old courthouse in Marble Hill MO burned down many years ago and all records were lost. The information I have received is word of mouth, but … Continue reading
Working On a New Post & a Baby Blanket
I promised some of you a post regarding Lewis VanBuren Yow, (photo above) and I want you to know I am still working on it. I have moved recently & my family history documents are in a state of disarray. … Continue reading
Sarah Elizabeth Cheek Yow
Sarah Elizabeth Cheek Yow was my great grandmother on my father, Raymond Yow’s side. She was said to be full blooded Cherokee, which I have tried unsuccessfully to document. She was born in Marble Hill MO. She had 10 siblings … Continue reading
My Great Grandpa Louis Calvin ‘Cal’ Yow
I promised in an earlier post to write about my great grandfather, Louis Calvin ‘Cal’ Yow. As you can see, he was a mountain of a man. He was of Irish or Scottish descent. He was born in Tishomingo County … Continue reading
Posted in Cape Girardeau, Family History, Missouri
Tagged blindness, Cal Yow, Cape Girardeau, coal mining, Fairmount Cemetery, floating hotel, Grand Tower, Grandparent, iron works, Mary Ann Tripp, Mississippi, Sarah Cheek Yow, silica mine, Southeast Missourian, st louis, steamboat, Tishomingo County Mississippi, Tom Yow, wood cutting
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This Blog is Amazing!
I am so thrilled at the response of all of you reading this blog! So many childhood friends that I thought were lost to me forever have found this blog and gotten in touch after all these years. I feel … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Neighbors, Smelterville, Smothersville, South Cape, Sprigg Street
Tagged Blog, Facebook, Friends, ranney street, Social Networking, wrong side of town
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Mr Hilderman’s Grocery Store
There were 2 neighborhood grocery stores near my home in the 1200 block of South Sprigg; Sheepy’s (near Womack Drug Store, a few blocks away) and Hilderman’s on the corner of Ranney & Hackberry. Hilderman’s was only one block from … Continue reading
Posted in 1960, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Neighbors, Ranney Street, South Cape, Sprigg Street
Tagged bologna sandwich, Cape Girardeau Missouri, grocery store, hackberry, hilderman, penny candy, ranney, Sheepy, soda bottles, stafford, womack drug
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Back at the keyboard again
Well, I am back again. I have been on an extended hiatus for many reasons, health being one of them. But this morning, I called my unofficial blog mentor, Ken Steinhoff, and he gave me my marching orders. He said … Continue reading
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