It still exists. Lewis and Clark even went through there on their famous expedition. There is info on the route they took from PA to there in Stephen Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage"...an excellent read by the way. http://www.showme.net/CapeCounty/ has the county courthouse, court of common pleas, etc and another good link to archives there http://www.showme.net/CapeCounty/archive/index.htm http://www.cityofcapegirardeau.org/ Southeast Missouri's premiere online newspaper, updated daily, covering Cape Girardeau, Jackson, and Southeast Missouri. ... http://www.semissourian.com/ a good map at http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/missouri_pilot/study_area.html looks like KY and TN may have been routes to the area Hope this helps some. Audrey Orlando, FL In a message dated 4/23/2004 10:00:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:25:49 -0500 From: "Ray H. Smith" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: What became of Cape Giraedeau, MO? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" In time gone by people left Burke County and eventually ended up in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Does this town still exist and in what County is it located? What was the usual migratory route through GA, TN, or KY? Trying to track my elusive SMITHs along this route! Thank You.