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Farm Equipment Auctions Lunch with the Rodeo Clowns 1st Mon of each month - 380-3801 471-1060 Quilt Show • 471-3854 www.dewittauction.com September MARCH Annual Jaycee Horsepower Civil War Re-Enactment Festival Car Show • 472-3950 471-2566 American Legion Cotton Kenny Rogers Center Telethon Carnival & Parade • 471-9956 472-0397 October www.kennyrogerscenter.org Judgement House • 471-1331 April Downtown Cotton Festival here southern hospitality begins! Easter Bunny Brunch & Easter 380-3801 Whether you are just passing through, enjoying Egg Hunt • 380-3801 Phobia Farm • 471-3879 w Annual Redneck Barbeque www.phobiafarm.com a weekend getaway or a longer stay, you’ll find Contest • 471-2498 Cotton Ramble Bicycle Ride Sikeston, to be a treasure to remember! Annual Sikeston in Bloom 475-3725 380-3801 Kenny Rogers Charity Walk 472-0397 Conveniently located on Interstate 55 and Interstate May Jaycee Haunted Hayride 57/US Highway 60, our community offers wonderful Youth Fishing Derby 472-3950 472-3775 opportunities for recreation, family activities, dining, Family Fun Day • 380-3801 Memorial Day Remembrance shopping, first class accommodations, historical and Service • 472-7525 November cultural events, and of course southern hospitality Springfest • Late May or Early Annual Bootheel Invitational June - 471-2498 Youth Soccer Classic and historic charm! 471-2498 June Veteran’s Day Celebration We extend to you our warmest welcome and Sikeston Farmers Market 472-7525 hope that you will come back again and again, 1st Sat in June until 1st frost 481-9967 December remembering all that Sikeston has to offer! Downtown Merchants’ Holiday July Open House • 380-3801 Annual “Blues on the Green” Sikeston’s Christmas Gift 472-6111 Weekend & Santa at the Depot www.bootheelgolf.com 380-3801 Fishing, Fireworks, Flags, Christmas Home Tours & Family Fun • 475-3725 481-9967 Back to the 50’s Ice Cream SEMO Farm Toy Show Social & Car Show • 380-3801 628-3643 August Rodeo 5K Run • 471-2498 Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo • 800-455-2855 www.sikestonrodeo.com Cowboy Up! Arts Festival 481-9967

Many of these events are free to the public, while others may have a nominal admission charge. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information listed in this guide, all information is subject to change. Please call the phone numbers listed for complete details prior to attending events. All phone numbers are area code 573 unless otherwise noted. For additional information on events and attractions contact: Sikeston Convention & Visitors Bureau (2) • Sikeston, MO … a Treasure to Remember • 573-471-6362 • www.visitsikeston.com RememberRemembering Our Our Heritage Heritage … …

he history of the Sikeston area is as rich as its soil. In fact, one of the most fascinating aspects of the heritage Historic Attractions Tof Sikeston is the story of the land upon which the community The Sikeston Depot - 481-9967 stands. As noted on the community monument in the historic 116 W. Malone - Housed in the city’s district of downtown Sikeston. historically renovated train depot on one of the first rail lines constructed “To know the story of this Missouri, look about you. west of the , the depot Here from swamp and wilderness, stumps and clay, features a historic museum recounting our forefathers cut a home land” ---William Henry Hatch the most important aspect of the area’s culture; an art gallery When the first settlers came to the Sikeston region, they were in which local artists display their work; and a cultural center welcomed by a wild and varied landscape. It was here that displaying traveling exhibits from national museums. oceans and rivers once ran free, and cypress swamps, marshes Free admission. and bayous covered the ground. Bottomland forests of oak, www.sikestondepot.org hickory, gum, cottonwood, and sycamore grew wild, and prairies Southeast Missouri Agriculture Museum - 471-3945 stretched as far as the eye could see. The area, then known as Cty. Rd. 532 E. Sikeston - 6,000 plus pieces of antique farm the “Big Prairie”, was described as a “delightful spot inter- equipment. Indoor display areas include main museum and five spersed with beautiful groves resembling small islands in a lake. outer buildings of great historic interest, including two Missouri At the beginning of the 20th century, the Little River Drainage log cabins (circa 1880), one wooden railroad caboose, one relo- District was formed to reclaim the land. An engineering feat, cated railroad depot, and a reconstructed 1920’s service station. it is the largest drainage district in the nation, draining over 1.2 Sikeston Public Library - 471-4140 • 121 E. North St. million acres of land. The drainage was accomplished from Features a collection of genealogy records focusing on southern 1914 to 1928 through construction of over 950 miles of ditches Scott County, MO. Offers special programs throughout the year. and some 300 miles of levees. When the project was completed, www.sikeston.lib.mo.us more than one million cubic yards of earth had been displaced, a greater amount than was moved during the construction of the Panama Canal, and some of the nation’s richest farmland had Historic Points of Interest been uncovered. Cotton Planting Mural - 102 N. Kingshighway, Downtown Cotton Country Mural - Front & New Madrid St., Downtown Today, seemingly endless fields of cotton, corn, wheat, soybeans and vegetables proclaim the richness of the legacy left by the rivers and swampland. These bountiful lands welcome visitors to the Sikeston area, where, amidst the nation’s most diverse agricultural re- gion, a modern-day community offers all the amenities travelers need and enjoy – restaurants, hotels, shopping, and service businesses. Residents proudly preserve and share the region’s heritage with visitors, Sikeston Timeline Mural - 127 W. Center St., behind and we encourage you to explore Craftmasters KidSMART. Sikeston is historically the northern- that heritage with a visit to one of most city in America in which cotton is grown. The unique mu- more of our historic sites. rals in Sikeston’s Historic Downtown Business District portray the importance of agriculture and “King Cotton”. (4) • Remember Sikeston for … History & Culture • For more details visit www.visitsikeston.com Remember the Sights …

American Legion Park - Front St. & New Madrid St. Sikeston’s Main Street and Local historians say this park was the site of the original John bisects the city, running Sikes’ (the city’s founder) home and store. During the Civil War, parallel with the origi- a band of outlaws, called guerillas, roamed the countryside nal route, Kingshighway. making life miserable for area settlers. In 1864, the outlaws Kingshighway remains a hanged him to an oak tree in front of the store. Mrs. Sikes, major artery in the city of witnessing the incident and seeing that her husband was turning Sikeston. Here, you’ll find antique shops, cafés, and a number blue in the face, took $100 of Sikeston’s beautiful and historic homes, as well as the El hidden in a cotton sack on the Camino Real Historic maker, which identifies the city’s link to porch and sent it to the gueril- Spain. In 1939, the highway was the site of the Missouri Share- las by a servant girl. Upon cropper Protest. Here and on U.S. Highway 60, nearly 1,000 receiving the money, the gue- sharecroppers – black and white – and their families gathered to rillas cut Mr. Sikes down from protest the new farm policy, the Agricultural Adjustment Act. the tree just in the nick of time. The Columns - Today, American Legion Park N. New Madrid St., Downtown is home of the city’s American These six majestic pillars stand as a Legion Monument. monument to the city’s religious heri- The Civil War & The Conscription Tree tage and the beautiful First Methodist N. Kingshighway & Tanner St., Downtown Sikeston Church, which was erected in 1879 Only a small village during the Civil War, Sikeston’s position on and tragically destroyed by fire in the railroad and the King’s Highway gave it importance. Late in 1968. This Church’s congregation February 1862, Union Brigadier General John Pope marched represented the first Methodist church into Sikeston, where the head of his column fell into a skirmish west of the Mississippi River. with 20 or more rebels headed by General Jeff Thompson – the Sikeston Community Monument - Corner of Scott & North legendary “Swamp Fox”. At one point, Thompson robbed a Streets, Downtown Sikeston. This historic monument proclaims bank in Charleston, MO to pay his men and buy arms and sup- the importance of earth and land in the area’s history. plies. Legend has it he hid part of his money under one of the giant oak trees that once stood on the corner of N. Kingshigh- Historic Homes & Architecture - Located throughout city. way and Tanner St. During the war both Union and Confeder- Fine examples can be seen in the N. Kingshighway area of ate forces recruited soldiers for their cause under this same tree. Downtown Sikeston. To obtain a brochure, or for more information, call the CVB at 471-6362. The El Camino Real - U.S. Hwy. 61 – Kingshighway (Historic marker located at Kingshighway & Woodlawn Ave., Harvey Parks Air Base & Veterans Park Downtown Sikeston) Through history, Missouri and the Off Malone Ave. on Linn St. - intersection of Sikeston area has belonged to three nations: France, Spain, and Selma St. Anticipating WWII, General Hap the United States. In 1789, when the land was under Spanish Arnold planned Harvey Parks Air Base of rule, the King of Spain ordered the designation of an overland Sikeston. Activated in 1940, the base served as a route to connect the cities of St. Louis and New Orleans. This flight training school for pilots entering the U.S. route, superimposed over an old Indian and buffalo trail, was Army Air Corps. One of only five Parks’ civil- the most important north-south route in the Mississippi Valley. ian air bases in the nation, the base is now the It was along this early frontier route, known as the El Camino Sikeston Municipal Airport. The original Real or King’s Highway, that the City of Sikeston was founded gated entrance to Harvey Parks Air Base now in 1860. Now known as U.S. Highway 61, the route serves as serves as the entrance to the city’s Veterans Park. (6) • Remember Sikeston for … Interesting Sights • www.visitsikeston.com Remember the Activities …

A brick walkway from the parking lot to a large monument in the Sikeston Aviation - 471-9056 center of the park is now inscribed with the names of veterans Offers airplane rides for a birds from the Sikeston area. Other park features include a 50 ton eye view of the region. M60 battle tank and an F4 Phantom Jet fighter plane. The story of the base is told at the Sikeston Depot Museum. Cultural Attractions Malone Park - Scott & Sikeston Little Theatre, Inc. North Streets, Downtown Albritton Mayer Center for the Arts - 481-0255 Sikeston’s oldest park State of the art facility for the performing arts. - established in 1906. Bandstand was built in Family Entertainment 1912. Here, families Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo gathered for concerts, - 800-455-2855 Join us in picnics, and plays, which August for this PRCA sanc- were common dur- tioned rodeo. The largest ing the city’s early years. The cannon rests, facing north and in the state and one of the south, guarded the city during the Civil War. Responding to an largest in the USA. Hosts intensive WWII war effort, the cannons were placed in a scrap nationally known country metal drive. music nightly. www.sikestonrodeo.com Geological Features Annual Cotton Carnival - 471-9956 Join us in September Little River Drainage District / Sikeston Ridge when we celebrate the unique agricultural heritage of the region An engineering feat, it is the largest drainage district in the na- with a fun filled festival featuring art shows, historic exhibits, tion, draining over 1.2 million acres of land. The Sikeston Ridge carnival rides, games, music & more! is a geological feature left by the New Madrid earthquakes of Beggs Family Farm & Pumpkin Patch 1811 and 1812. The ridge is best seen on Malone Ave. or 471-3879 - Opens every fall to the public. W. Wakefield. Events include: pick your own pumpkins, corn maze, glow in the dark mini-golf, Visitor Attractions barnyard express, farm animal displays, & Recreation bee barn, pedal cars, and a gift shop with fall décor, fudge, and candles. Facilities www.beggsfamilyfarm.com From paintball to putting, Lambert’s Café - 471-4261 “throwed rolls” to picnics in the The city’s number one tourist destination! park, there is always something Here, you can catch some fun (and rolls) at one of America’s to see and do in Sikeston! most entertaining restaurants. From the Adventure & Action Attractions festive atmosphere and mule-ish décor to the flying food, this is a “you have to see-it- Paintball Planet - 471-9197 Adventure awaits at Southeast to-believe-it” experience! Voted Missouri’s largest “combat zone.” With four playing fields, a the “Number One Place to Pig spectators’ arena, and pro shop, this facility offers great fun and Out” by the Food Network. competition. www.blodgettpaintball.com www.throwedrolls.com

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IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Visitor Information: (888) 309-6591 Emergencies...... 911 (573) 471-6362 • Fax (573) 471-2499 Highway Emergencies...... *55 (from your cell phone) or (800) 525-5555 Local Services Sikeston Municipal Airport Sikeston Police Dept...... 471-6200 Joliff Aviation...... 471-9056 Scott Co. Sheriff...... 472-3530 Enterprise Rent-A-Car...... 471-7300 MO State Hwy. Patrol...... 472-5200 Ford Rent-A-Car...... 471-1255 Road Conditions...... (800) 222-6400 Sikeston City Cab...... 475-9800 Missouri Delta Medical Center...... 471-1600 Jay’s Taxi Service...... 472-0564 (10) • Remember Sikeston for … Historic Charm • For more details visit www.visitsikeston.com Remember the Fun …

Malco Trio Cinema - 471-8420 • All seats $5.00 YMCA - Fitness & Aquatics www.malco.com Center - 472-9622 Sikeston Bowling Center & Pro Shop - 471-2430 Opened in 2009. Includes 16-lane bowling alley, features one of the area’s largest game fitness center, aquatics center rooms, a pro shop, and a café. with 6-lane pool: 15 foot high SEMO R/C Flyers Field - Hwy. H- North of Miner City Hall water slide, zero depth entry, Remote control aircraft flying field. underwater therapy bench, water bubblers and spray feature; a three-lane wide walking track; a gymnasium for basketball, Golf volleyball, and other court sports; a wee care nursery; locker rooms; sauna; and other facilities. www.ymcasemo.net Bootheel Golf Club - 472-6111 1218 N. Ingram Rd. (18 holes, par 71) Call for race schedules. www.bootheelgolf.com Racing Attractions Sikeston Country Club SEMO Kart Race Park - 471-4060 472-4225 • E. Malone Ave. (18 holes, par 72) Sikeston Drag Strip - 471-9099 www.sikestoncc.com www.sikestondragstrip.net Parks/Recreation/Swimming Sikeston Race Park - 620-6409 www.sikestonracepark.com Thirteen parks featuring playground equipment, sports facilities, picnic pavilions, and other amenities, more information on the parks listed below can be obtained from the Sikeston Parks & Shopping Recreation Department at 475-3725. Sikeston offers a num- ber of fine shopping American Legion Park - Between E. Front St. & Malone Ave. centers and specialty Armory Park - Behind the National Guard Armory off of Main St. shops located through- Central Park - Northwest corner of Edmondson & Prairie St. out the city. Clayton Park - Butler Ave. at Dempster & Carroll St. Dudley Park - Off Applegate St. Enjoy a leisurely walk Malone Park - Scott St. while you shop and sample the variety of businesses and ser- Mary Lou Montgomery Park - Ave. vices available in our Historic Downtown District. Located in the heart of the City of Sikeston, our downtown merchants North End Park - Hawthorn Drive offer everything from fine clothing to art, poetry to baked goods R. S. Matthews Park/C. P. Wing and even educational materials. Lake - Colonel George Day Parkway at S. Ingram Rd. A visit to the Sikeston Factory Outlet Stores is a must for Roberta Rowe West End Park - any shopping fan - www.sikestonoutlet.com. With more than Alabama St. & Sunset Dr. a dozen stores, you are sure to find a bargain you can’t resist. Rotary Park - North end of Industrial Dr. Speaking of bargains, check out the wares offered at the city’s Sikeston Recreation Complex - numerous weekend flea markets and trade fairs, or scour the N. Ingram Rd. aisles of our fine antique shops for that one-of-a-kind collect- Veterans Park - Linn St. ible. You’ll find additional shopping opportunities around town VFW Stadium - Off Malone Ave. at Mitchell St. including everything from large department stores to quaint specialty shops. We know our merchants can meet your needs! (12) • Remember Sikeston for … Fun & Adventure • For more details visit www.visitsikeston.com Remember the Dining …

Applebee’s Bo’s Pit Bar-B-Que Pizza Inn 1260 South Main 1609 East Malone 1905 East Malone 472-3111 471-9927 471-8590 applebees.com pizzainn.com Buffalo Wild Wings Arby’s 231 North Main Sonic Drive-In 1203 South Main 481-2993 216 North Main 472-0969 buffalowildwings.com 472-3704 arbys.com sonicdrivein.com Country Boys Cookin’ Sonic Drive-In Burger King 915 South Kingshighway Subway 1320 South Main 99 Matthews Lane 472-2312 1405 East Malone 472-3446 472-0899 472-1033 sonicdrivein.com bk.com Cream Castle subway.com 801 West Malone Subway Burger King 471-2714 Wendy’s 1303 South Main 921 East Malone 1701 East Malone (Inside Wal-Mart) 471-9242 Cronies Sports Bar & Grill 472-3341 472-3398 bk.com 1637 East Malone wendys.com subway.com 472-2242 Cheers Bar & Grill Stan’s Wagon Wheel Vaughn’s Fish and Bar-B-Que Market 1212 Linn Street Domino’s 311 County Line Rd. 105 North West 471-2006 530 South Main 471-2970 471-1314 471-2667 Dairy Queen dominos.com China Buffet BG’s Fire Station / Vikings 1101 South Main 1207 South Main 504 North Main 472-0206 Grecian Steak House 472-9899 471-9942 dairyqueen.com 531 Greer 471-6877 Hunan Seafood Peking Danny’s Place 901 East Malone 901 S Kingshighway 1102 Linn Street IC’s Out Back 472-1800 472-6190 471-9984 2010 North Main 471-7827 El Bracero Yang’s Dexter Barbeque 1103 South Main 919 South Main 124 North Main Jay’s Krispy Fried Chicken 472-0616 472-3352 471-6676 218 North Main dexterbbq.com 471-8472 El Tapatio John’s Mexican Villa 2113 East Malone 211 Village Green Shopping Ctr. Grillz Jeremiah’s Fine Dining & Spirits 472-3888 472-0802 2600 East Malone 102 (Rear) North Kingshighway 471-3211 472-4412 El Torero La Ruleta 213 North Main 1330 South Main Hardee’s Long John Silvers Seafood/A&W 481-2111 471-7789 1105 South Main 1130 South Main 471-1922 471-8237 Taco John’s Taco Bell hardees.com longjohnsilvers.com 1205 East Malone 1165 South Main awrestaurants.com 471-3344 471-7500 Hog Heaven Bar & Grill tacojohns.com tacobell.com 1201 East Malone McDonald’s 475-9876 2605 East Malone Houchins’ Do-Nuts Mancino’s 481-1100 & Ice Cream 420 North Main Fried Chicken mcdonalds.com 903C South Main 471-3306 924 South Main 472-9415 samuelmancinos.com 471-9646 McDonald’s kfc.com 1301 South Main Ray’s Susie’s Bake Shoppe 471-3111 151 S Messmer St. & Restaurant Kirby’s Sandwich Shop For the traveler on mcdonalds.com Kelso, MO 112 East Center North Kingshighway the run, a number 264-1115 471-8550 of our convenience 471-1318 Ruby Tuesday’s raysofkelso.com stores, groceries 2612 East Malone Schindler’s Tavern Lambert’s Café and markets feature 472-2190 Hilltop Creations 1029 St. Hwy. A delis and lunch 2305 East Malone rubytuesday.com 731 St. Hwy. A New Hamburg, MO counters. 471-4261 New Hamburg, MO 545-3709 throwedrolls.com Pizza Hut 1103 East Malone 545-4349 Papa Murphy’s Pizza 472-2778 331 North Main pizzahut.com Dining Information Key 471-9992 Wine Country Average Cost Handicap Accessible papamurphys.com River Ridge Winery / Fermentation Room Café = $0 - $5 County Rd. 321 Commerce, MO = $5 - $15 = $15+ Please Note: All web addresses begin with www. 264-3712 riverridgewinery.com (14) • Remember Sikeston for … Shopping & Dining • For more details visit www.visitsikeston.com Remember the Hospitality … T E L P B RAN T S* U S ZZI S SSI A DI M T U E T E TE S NI E OOL/ ROO U R P JAC CR CARDS HANDICA ACC Hotels & Motels RA

Best Western Coach House 63 $$ NB OP ALL YES Inn & Suites CB 220 South Interstate Dr. I-55 Exit #67 and Hwy. 62 Telephone: (573) 471-9700 T

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bestwestern.com T S* U S ZZI S SSI A DI M T U E T E TE S NI E OOL/ ROO RA Comfort Inn & Suites 64 $$ NB IP/ ALL YES Hotels & Motels U R P JAC CR CARDS HANDICA ACC 109 Matthews Lane FB SPA I-55 Exit #67 and Hwy 62 Super 8 63 $ NB NO ALL YES Telephone: (573) 472-0197 2609 East Malone Toll Free: (877) 424-6423 I-55 Exit #67 and Hwy. 62 choicehotels.com Telephone: (573) 471-7944 Toll Free: (800) 800-8000 Country Hearth Inn 40 $ NB J ALL YES super8.com 100 Matthews Lane I-55 Exit #67 and Hwy. 62 Telephone: (573) 472-4400 Open year-round, amenities at this Toll Free: (888) 294-6496 RV Camping family-owned and operated camp Hinton Park, Inc. include laundry facilities, full Days Inn 127 $$ NB NO ALL YES 2863 East Malone hook-ups, propane, tent sites, water, 1330 South Main I-55 Exit #67 and Hwy. 62 (2 Blks. East) long level pull thru, 30-50 amp Junction of Hwys. 60 and 61 Telephone (573) 471-1457 sites, showers and restrooms. Cable Telephone: (573) 471-3930 Toll Free: (800) 327-1457 television and instant phone hook-ups Toll Free: (800) DAYS-INN Rates: $18-27 available. Weekly and monthly rates. Credit Cards: MC, VISA, DISCOVER Shuttle service to Lambert’s Cafe. Drury Inn & Suites 153 $$ NB IP ALL YES 2608 East Malone OP I-55 Exit #67 and Hwy. 62 SPA Town & Country Camping & Storage Open year-round, laundry facilities, Telephone: (573) 472-2299 WHIRL 1254 E. Hwy. 62 showers and restrooms, full hook- Toll Free: (800) 378-7946 POOL I-55 Exit #65 or 67 and Hwy. 62 ups, propane, ice, water, electric & druryhotels.com Telephone (573) 472-1339 sewer, cable television and Wi-Fi Toll Free: (800) 771-1339 available. Weekly and monthly rates. Holiday Inn Express 55 $$ NB OP ALL YES Rates: $23-25 Shuttle service to Lambert’s Cafe. 120 South Interstate Credit Cards: no I-55 Exit #67 and Hwy. 62 Telephone: (573) 481-9500 Key: NB - Nearby Facilities OP - Outdoor Pool IP - Indoor Pool Toll Free: (800) 465-4329 CB - Continental Breakfast FB - Full Breakfast * $ = $30-$50 $$= $51+ holidayinnexpress.com

Midtowner Motel 32 $ NB NO MOST YES 833 East Malone MAJOR I-55 Exit #67 and Hwy. 62 No Telephone: (573) 471-5267 Discover

Pear Tree Inn/Thrifty Inn by Drury 147 $ - $$ NB IP ALL YES 2602 East Malone OP I-55 Exit #67 and Hwy. 62 WHIRL Telephone: (573) 471-4100 POOL Toll Free: (800) 378-7946 druryhotels.com

Motel 6 45 $ NB NO ALL YES 110 South Interstate Drive Please Note: I-55 Exit #67 and Hwy. 62 All web addresses Telephone: (573) 471-7400 begin with www. motel6.com

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Other Area Festivals APRIL SEPTEMBER Sikeston Charleston Dogwood Benton Neighbor Days Azalea Festival 545-3558 Area Tours 683-6509 Oran Fall Festival The Sikeston Convention & charlestonmo.net Visitors Bureau offers informative and exciting tours of the Sikeston area. OCTOBER Cape Girardeau Tours may be customized to fit your particular needs. Please contact Morley Fall Festival Storytelling Festival Lynne Williams at 471-6362 for more information. Lynne will be happy 262-3636 or 934-0120 335-3312 help you create a customized itinerary specific to your interests! Beggs Fall capechamber.com Harvest Festival SIKESTON AREA FALL HARVEST TOUR - Three day/two night JUNE 471-3879 tour highlighting early fall harvest. Focus will be on East Prairie Annual beggsfamilyfarm.com row crops, vegetables and other specialty crops. Tour Main Street Party is designed to be an enlightening insight into agricul- DECEMBER 649-3057 tural diversity in southeast Missouri. Tour includes: East Prairie Country eastprairiemo.net Sikeston - Downtown Depot, Driving Tour of Sikeston, Christmas Festival East Prairie Lambert’s Café, Outlet Mall Shopping, Granny’s An- 649-3057 Sweetcorn Festival tiques , Mid-Valley Irrigation, Blodgett - Begg’s Family Farm, eastprairiemo.net 649-3057 Benton - Diebold’s Apple Orchard, Commerce - River Ridge Winery, eastprairiemo.net Charleston - Lewis and Clark Memorial, Historical Society Home, Soybean Harvest, River Grain Terminal, East Prairie - Big Oak Tree AUGUST State Park, Caboose, & more! Chaffee German Days Annual Festival A GLIMPSE OF SPRING - Three-day/two night trip for flower lovers 887-3558 or 887-8993 and garden enthusiasts. Learn tips from area garden- chaffeechamber.com ing experts in a private seminar designed for your group, and visit beautiful area gardens for a first-hand glimpse of spring in the bootheel. Enjoy azaleas, tulips Other Area Points of Interest and dogwoods in their burst of color at the Charleston Bootheel Youth Granny’s Antiques & Dogwood/Azalea Festival. Tour includes: Sikeston Southeast Missouri Museum, Malden - Driving Tour of Sikeston, Downtown Depot, Garden Tour, Susie’s Bake Agriculture Museum 276-3600 Shoppe, Gardening Seminar, Shopping at Outlet Mall, Lambert’s Café, 471-9241 bootheelyouthmuseum.org Charleston - Driving Tour of Charleston, Historical Society Home Tour, visitsikeston.com Diebold’s Apple Orchard, Benton Plant Sale, Quilt Show, Lewis and Clark Memorial, & more! Hunter Dawson 545-3571 Historic Site, New Madrid dieboldsorchard.com AGRICULTURE IN THE BOOTHEEL - Spring Planting Tour Mueller’s Farm Market, Bertrand 748-5340 Three day/two night tour highlights agriculture in the new-madrid.mo.us 683-6879 bootheel. Designed to give your group a close-up look Old Timer’s muellersgreenhouses.com at a variety of crops produced in the region. Row crops, Mississippi County Historical Antique Mall, Dexter vegetables and other specialty crops will be seen being Society Home, Charleston 624-8288 planted, and a dinner/seminar will give special enlight- visitdexter.com 683-6740 enment on agriculture relative to southeast Missouri. Antique Centré, Benton charlestonmo.net Tour includes: Sikeston - Downtown Depot, Driving Tour of Sikeston, 545-3553 Big Oak Tree State Park Agricultural Seminar, Outlet Shopping Mall, Granny’s Antiques, antiquecentremall.com 649-3149 Lambert’s Café, Turnbo Vegetables, Mid-Valley Irrigation, Missouri mostateparks.com/bigoak.htm Potato Company, East Prairie - GPS Demonstration by EDAT, Caboose, Stars and Stripes Museum, Wheat Field/Soybean Planting, Choate Farms, River Grain Terminal, Bloomfield Portageville - Delta Agri Center, New Madrid - Rebecca Sharp’s, ADM 568-2055 or Rice Mill, Hunter Dawson Historic Site, New Madrid Museum, starsandstripesmuseumlibrary.org Higgerson School, & more!

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