CAIRO  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander county, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, U.S.A., in the S. See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, at the confluence of the See also:

• OHIO

Ohio and See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, 365 m . S. of See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago . Pop . (1890) 10,324; (1900) 12,566, of whom 5000 were negroes; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 14,548 . Cairo is served by the Illinois Central, the See also:

• MOBILE

Mobile & Ohio, the See also:

• CLEVELAND
• CLEVELAND (or CLEIVELAND), JOHN (1613—1658)
• CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, DUCHESS OF (1641-1709)
• CLEVELAND, STEPHEN GROVER (1837-1908)

Cleveland, See also:

• CINCINNATI

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 [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

Mountain & See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern, and the St Louis See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South-Western See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by See also:

• RIVER

river steamboat lines . The city, said to be the " See also:

• EDEN
• EDEN, SIR ASHLEY (1831-1887)

Eden " of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

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 (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue of See also:

• LAND

land between the rivers, and has suffered many times from inundations, notably in 1858 . It is now protected by See also:

• GREAT

great levees . A See also:

• FINE

fine railway See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge (1888) spans the Ohio . The city has a large See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• BUILDING

building, a U.S. marine See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital (1884), and the A . B . Safford memorial library (1882), and is the seat of St See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph's Loretto See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic, 1864) . In one of the squares there is a See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statue, " The Hewer," by G .

G . See also:

• BARNARD, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PORTER (1809–1889)
• BARNARD, GEORGE GREY (1863— )
• BARNARD, HENRY (1811-1900)
• BARNARD, JOHN
• BARNARD, LADY ANNE (1750–1825)

Barnard . In the N. part of the city is St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary's See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park (30 acres) . At See also:

• MOUND

Mound City (pop. in 1910, 2837), 5 M . N. of Cairo, there is a See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery . See also:

• LUMBER

Lumber and See also:

• FLOUR

flour are Cairo's See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal manufactured products, and the city is an important hardwood and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market; the See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

Singer Manufacturing Co. has See also:

• VENEER

veneer See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills here, and there are large See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

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

shipping-point for the surrounding agricultural See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . The city owes its origin to a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of commercial experiments . In 1818 a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was secured from the legislature of the territory of Illinois incorporating the city and See also:

• BANK

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

company, and in 1837 the Cairo City & See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal Co. was 957 formed .

By 1842, however, the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was practically abandoned . A successful See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was made in 1851-1854 under the auspices of the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• TRUST

Trust Co.; the Illinois Central railway was opened in 1856; and Cairo was chartered as a city in 1857 . During the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War Cairo was an important strategic point, and was a military centre and See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot of supplies of considerable importance for the Federal armies in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . In 1862 See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew H . See also:

• FOOTE
• FOOTE, ANDREW HULL (1806-1863)
• FOOTE, SAMUEL (1720-1777)

Foote established at Mound City a See also:

• NAVAL

naval depot, which was the basis of his operations on the Mississippi .