| UPDATED: 3-29-2006 |
CAIRO
Cairo, West Virginia, is located roughly 25 miles east of Parkersburg. An important town within the local oil and gas industry a century ago, Cairo (pronounced Kair-O) is now a small community (less than 300 people) best known for being the home of North Bend State Park.
Railroad Street in Cairo around 1911.
The Cairo Opera House and McGregor & Co. Warehouse, around 1912.
The St. Louis Express passes through Cairo around 1911.
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The Bank of Cairo in 1910. |
South Side, Cairo, in 1911.
College Street in Cairo around 1910.
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