Cairo

city, port of delivery, and capital of Alexander county, IIL; at junction of the Ea Ce and Ohio rivers; on the Illinois Central and other railroads; 150 miles S. E. of St. Louis, It is the trade center of a large farming section; has pa enger and freight steamer connections with all important river ports; and has a $3,000,000 steel railroad bridge acro the Ohio. Pop. (1910) 14,548.