Bainbridge Ferry , also known as the Randol 's Ferry and Littleton 's Ferry , is a historic ferry landing on the western shore of the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau , Missouri . It is the site of a ferry that was established about 1805 and operated in the 19th century . The ferry was located at one of two places on the Mississippi River utilized by the Cherokee to cross from Illinois to Missouri on the Trail of Tears of 1837-1839
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Bainbridge Ferry