1600's
The year that Father Hennepin visited Cairo
1660
These explorers and surveyors visited Cairo in the early 1800's where they learned how to read Latitude and Longitude.
Lewis and Clark
This man was arrested for the murder of a white woman in 1909
Hall of Fame Coach from Sumner High School, the name sake of our current Gym
Sumner High School
The type of terrain that was present at this point in Cairo's History
Swampy
in 1818, the second attempt of settling the area was started with the founding of this financial institute
The Bank of Cairo
The white man that was also arrested for murdering his wife on the same night
Henry Salzner
this Cairoite has been Simba, Derek Jeter, Benny from in the Heights, and George Washington on Broadway
Christopher Jackson
these are what the settlers were collecting while living here
Fur/pelts
in 1837, Darius Holbrook founded this company and was the president of it
Cairo City and Canal Company
This is the year of the major flood that triggered a massive evacuation by railcars
1937
the amount of Cairo Coaches who are currently in the Hall of Fame for the state of IL
3, C.K. Cole, Bill Chumbler, Larry Baldwin
The first settlement ended after these people attacked them
the Shawnee Indians
Who said Cairo was "a hotbed of disease, an ugly sepulcher, a grave uncheered by any gleam of promise"
Charles Dickens
Rev. Jesse Jackson
How many Presidents have visited Cairo, before, during, or after office.
6. (Ted Roosevelt, Taft, Grant, Clinton, Obama, Lincoln)