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Long out of print and much sought after bycollectors, Lansden’s classic 1910 his­tory of Cairo remains valuable for the early history of the city. Its reprinting here, with a new Foreword by Clyde C. Walton, former Illinois State Historian, thus makes available again one of the finest examples of local history ever written, stressing as itdoes Cairo’s im­portant relations with its area and with the country—in Lansden’s words, “this part of the Valley of the Mississippi—this Illinois Country.”

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Copyright Page
  2. p. i
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  1. Dedication
  2. pp. ii-iii
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xiii-xvi
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xvii-xviii
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  1. I. Sketch of the Illinois Country
  2. pp. 13-17
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  1. II. Early French Explorers and Missionary Priests
  2. pp. 18-26
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  1. III. The Illinois Territorial Government
  2. pp. 25-29
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  1. IV. The City of Cairo of 1818
  2. pp. 30-38
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  1. V. Cairo's Site and Place from 1818 to 1836
  2. pp. 39-40
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  1. VI. The City of Cairo from 1836 to 1846--The Illinois Central Railroad Co. of 1836--The Illinois Exporting Co.--The Cairo City and Canal Co.
  2. pp. 41-57
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  1. VII. The Cairo City and Canal Co.--Succeeded by the Cairo City Property Trust--Cairo from June 13, 1846, to December 23, 1853
  2. pp. 58-62
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  1. VIII. Cairo's Site and Its Abrasions by the Rivers--Levees and Levee Construction--Highest Known Floods
  2. pp. 63-78
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  1. IX. Low Lots and Grounds--Seepage--The Linegar Bill--Street Filling--City Indebtedness
  2. pp. 79-84
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  1. X. The Wharf and Wharfage--Riparian Rights
  2. pp. 85-89
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  1. XI. Geological Formations--The Signal Station--The River Gauge--Temperatures and Rain-Falls
  2. pp. 90-95
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  1. XII. The Illinois Central Railroad
  2. pp. 96-112
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  1. XIII. Maps and Plats
  2. pp. 111-136
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  1. XIV. The Ohio and Mississippi Rivers--The Territory Drained--The Ohio River as a Boundary
  2. pp. 116-119
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  1. XV. The Health of the City
  2. pp. 120-127
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  1. XVI. Cairo During the War 1861-1865
  2. pp. 128-137
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  1. XVII. Churches
  2. pp. 138-147
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  1. XVIII. The Schools
  2. pp. 148-152
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  1. XIX. The A. B. Safford Memorial Library--The Woman's Club and LIbrary Association--St. Mary's Infirmary--The United States Marine Hospital
  2. pp. 153-156
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  1. XX. The Trustees of the Cairo City Property--The Trustees of the Cairo Trust Property--Some of Their Civil Engineers--The Cairo Newspapers
  2. pp. 157-166
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  1. XXI. Cairo in Servitude to Land Companies
  2. pp. 167-169
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  1. XXII. The American Notes
  2. pp. 170-176
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  1. XXIII. The Town Government of Two Years and the City Government of Fifty-Three Years--The Seventeen Mayors
  2. pp. 177-189
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  1. XXIV. Darius B. Holbrook--Miles A. Gilbert--Samuel Staats Taylor--William Parker Halliday-Halliday Brothers
  2. pp. 190-207
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  1. XXV. The Growth of "The Three States"
  2. pp. 208-210
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  1. XXVI. Alexander County and Its Other Towns, and Its Earliest Settlers
  2. pp. 211-216
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  1. XXVII. Harrell's Short History--The History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties
  2. pp. 217-219
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  1. XXVIII. Other Railroads--Illinois Central and Thebes Railroad Bridges--The Cairo Harbor and Bacon Rock--The Ferries: Cairo's Need of
  2. pp. 220-230
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  1. XXIX. Cairo Banks--Building and Loan Associations--The Custom House--The Halliday Hotel--The Springfield Block--The Court of Common Pleas
  2. pp. 231-239
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  1. XXX. Extracts from Books, Pamphlets and Letters
  2. pp. 240-254
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  1. XXXI. Fort Jefferson--Bird's Point and the Birds
  2. pp. 255-260
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  1. XXXIII. Cairo as a Business Place or Point--The Future of the City
  2. pp. 280-284
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. 285-286
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 289-303
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  1. List of Sponsors of This Edition
  2. pp. 305-306
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  1. Back Cover
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