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Madame Girardeau: Her Story
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Ensign Girardot's establishment of a trading post at Cape Rock put our river town on the map in the early 1700s. Volunteer Charlotte Slinkard at the Cape River Heritage Museum is traveling the country to research Cape Girardeau's earliest European history, and the story of Girardot's wife Therese quickly grabbed her attention. As the Cape River Heritage Museum prepares to open for the season this month, don't hesitate to stop by this former police and fire station to learn more about the early days of Cape Girardeau from the perspective of pioneering Therese Girardeau. Celeste-Therese (Ter-EESE) Nepveu (Nuh-Vo) was born in 1700 in Quebec. In 1722, her family traveled south to settle in French-held Illinois territory. Therese and her sisters sought help at at nearby Fort de Chartres when the strong river current halted their heavily loaded boats; when they returned with soldiers from the fort, they found the remains of their party, assumed to have been attacked by Native Americans. Five
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