Revisiting Cairo, Illinois
Once a strategically important city at the juncture of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, Cairo, Illinois, is in terminal decline after decades of racial turbulence.
Cairo was founded by Darius Holbr…
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Cass, West Virginia
Cass, West Virginia is a company town that was constructed by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company (WVP&P) in 1901.…
The (near) Ghost Town of Thurmond, West Virginia
Squeezed in between Beury Mountain and the New River with a population of just five, Thurmond, West Virginia served as an important stop for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad (C&O) before the adv…
Deerton, Michigan
Deerton, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Alger County, Michigan, was founded in 1882 when the Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Railroad constructed a station for a lumbering camp. A post off…
Coal Camps: Gary, Iaeger and War
The last update in the Coal Camp series from January unfolds deep within McDowell County, West Virginia, including Gary, Iaeger and War.
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