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CAIRO , a See also: city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Alexander county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., in the S. See also:part of the See also:state, at the confluence of the See also:Ohio and See also:Mississippi See also:rivers, 365 m. S. of See also:Chicago. Pop. (1890) 10,324; (1900) 12,566, of whom 5000 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 14,548. Cairo is served by the Illinois Central, the See also:Mobile & Ohio, the See also:Cleveland, See also:Cincinnati, Chicago & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, the St Louis, See also:Iron See also:Mountain & See also:Southern, and the St Louis See also:South-Western See also:railways, and by See also:river steamboat lines. The city, said to be the " See also:Eden " of See also:Charles See also:Dickens's See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin Chuzzlewit, is built on a See also:tongue of See also:land between the rivers, and has suffered many times from inundations, notably in 1858. It is now protected by See also:great levees. A See also:fine railway See also:bridge (1888) spans the Ohio. The city has a large See also:government See also:building, a U.S. marine See also:hospital (1884), and the A. B. Safford memorial library (1882), and is the seat of St See also:Joseph's Loretto See also:Academy (See also:Roman See also:Catholic, 1864). In one of the squares there is a See also:bronze statue, " The Hewer," by G. G. See also: Barnard. In the N. part of the city is St See also:Mary's See also:park (30 acres). At See also:Mound City (pop. in 1910, 2837), 5 M. N. of Cairo, there is a See also:national See also:cemetery. See also:Lumber and See also:flour are Cairo's See also:principal manufactured products, and the city is an important hardwood and See also:cotton-See also:wood See also:market; the See also:Singer Manufacturing Co. has See also:veneer See also:mills here, and there are large See also:box factories. In 1905 the value of the city's factory products was $4,381,465, an increase of 40.6% since 19o0. Cairo is a See also:shipping-point for the surrounding agricultural See also:country. The city owes its origin to a See also:series of commercial experiments. In 1818 a See also:charter was secured from the legislature of the territory of Illinois incorporating the city and See also:bank of Cairo. The charter was soon forfeited, and the land secured by it reverted to the government. In 1835 a new charter was granted to a second See also:company, and in 1837 the Cairo City & See also:Canal Co. was
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formed. By 1842, however, the See also: place was practically abandoned. A successful See also:settlement was made in 1851-1854 under the auspices of the New See also:York See also:Trust Co.; the Illinois Central railway was opened in 1856; and Cairo was chartered as a city in 1857. During the See also:Civil See also:War Cairo was an important strategic point, and was a military centre and See also:depot of supplies of considerable importance for the Federal armies in the See also:west. In 1862 See also:Admiral See also:Andrew H. See also:Foote established at Mound City a See also:naval depot, which was the basis of his operations on the Mississippi.
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