Doug has been very busy of late posting the Magnus Opus that are the FMIG Newsletters. Among those postings is a brief treatise on the Bootheel Lines prepared by Martin Lofton. This excellent article contains, on page 10, a picture of Corse's Grocery Store. Please see the following link, post number 43. http://www.frisco.org/vb/showthread.php?t=2117 The caption states that it was located on the mainline, but after making several queries, I could not locate the store. It was not until recently that I was looking for information about my Southeast Missouri (SEMO) relatives that I came across this in the Mizzou's digital collection. http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sort=platic_ti;sid=8904556fca2aa91b1383d770e3f07aa1;evl=full-image;quality=1;view=entry;subview=detail;lasttype=boolean;cc=platic;entryid=x-pla-capegirardeau-01;start=1;resnum=1;q1=cape girardeau;rgn1=platic_ti;corig=platic;c=platic;viewid=PLA-CAPEGIRARDEAU-05 There in the S1/2 Sec 15, TWP 32N, RGE 14E and in the SW1/4 SE1/4 Sec 16, TWP 32N, RGE 14E are two properties owned by a Corse family. If the same family who owned the general store are these Corses, then perhaps the store sat in Moccasin Springs. This town site lies within the Trail of Tears State Park.
