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Cairo ( / ˈkɛəroʊ / KAIR-oh, [ 4] sometimes / ˈkeɪroʊ / KAY-roh) [ 5] is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County. A river city, Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees.
May 18, 2024 · Cairo once had a population of more than 15,000, but today just 1,700 residents live in the once-bustling Illinois city on the Mississippi River. Decades of economic decline and racial violence led Cairo to become a ghost town.
From 1967 to 1973, an extended period of racial unrest occurred in the town of Cairo, Illinois. The city had long had racial tensions which boiled over after a black soldier was found hanged in his jail cell.
Apr 1, 2024 · Recurring floods sealed Cairo, Illinois's fate, causing it to be largely abandoned by the local government. The town's economic decline, racial tension, and lack of state funding contributed to its abandonment.
Aug 22, 2016 · Discover Abandoned Town of Cairo, Illinois in Cairo, Illinois: A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
One of America's most haunting abandoned cities is a once prosperous port town called Cairo, Illinois. A prolonged economic downturn and sustained racial unrest, reduced this city of 15,000 people to a nearly vacant town of a little over 2,000.
Dec 18, 2023 · Flood-prone Cairo (pronounced “Kay-row”), located at the far southern end of Illinois in a region of the state nicknamed “Egypt,” didn’t amount to much. After a visit in 1842, famed author Charles Dickens called it a “destestable morass,” a “breeding-place of fever, ague, and death.”
Located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at the southernmost tip of Illinois is the town of Cairo, pronounced “Care-O.”. By far one of the strangest and saddest cities I’ve ever visited, I was immediately intrigued by the empty streets and abandoned and crumbling buildings.
Aug 30, 2020 · CAIRO, Ill. (AP) - Charles A. Galigher, and his wife, Adelia Lippit Galigher, moved to Cairo in the 1850s from Zanesville, Ohio, on the prospect of a risky business venture. Together with Mrs....
Feb 17, 2012 · An industrial exodus and fall out from the civil rights movement are mostly to blame for the state of Cairo today. Two documentary film makers from England stumbled upon Cairo a little...
