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City in the United States
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Cairo (pronounced KAY-ro) is in Illinois on a small strip of land in between Missouri and Kentucky as well as the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, made famous in Mark Twain's . It was briefly a thriving community, but descended into industrial decline and racial violence for several decades, leaving it almost entirely abandoned.
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14th and Washington Ave. An American Civil War and local history museum. M-F 10AM-noon, 1-3PM.
This once neglected state park has come back into better days thanks to local efforts. It looks out over the Ohio and Mississippi rivers as the two powerful water flows attempt to combine.
Home to Civil War documents, antiques, and paintings.
A 5000- and 10,000-meter run held on the Mississippi River Levee is held the second Saturday of November.
This city park once played host to Theodore Roosevelt, but now hosts the city's residents with recreation facilities.
2203 Sycamore.
I-57 and US 51.
US 51.
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