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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Tag Archives: Mississippi
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 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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‘Living in Smelterville’ Written by a Reader of Sprigg Street Memories
American Environmental Photographs Collection, [AEP Image Number, e.g., AEP-MIN73], Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library. The above photo, although not taken in Cape, looks familiar to those who lived in or near Smelterville. The main difference between what … Continue reading
Posted in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Neighbors, racism, School, Sprigg Street
Tagged flood, Mississippi, smelterville
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Sprigg Street Memories, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1960's 