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|   Fort Defiance Park - Cairo, Illinois
in Roadside Attractions Fort Defiance Point, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. posted by:  nomadwillie location: Illinois date approved: 01/07/2022 last visited: never |
 view galleryW0.8 km |  LOWEST point in Illinois - Cairo, IL
in Superlatives The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. posted by: nomadwillie location: Illinois date approved: 01/06/2022 last visited: never |
 view galleryW0.8 km |  CONFLUENCE- Ohio River - Mississippi River
in River Origins, Destinations and Confluences The Ohio-Mississippi Confluence has been a strategic location through out history. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Illinois date approved: 01/03/2007 last visited: 01/06/2022 |
 view galleryW0.8 km |  Ohio - Mississippi Rivers Confluence - Strategic Location.
in U.S. Civil War Sites The confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers played a part in the Union Armies Civil War Strategy. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Illinois date approved: 03/25/2007 last visited: 06/03/2021 |
 view galleryW0.8 km |  Proceeding On - Fort Defiance, Cairo, IL
in Abstract Public Sculptures Installed to commemorate Lewis & Clark's Activities at Fort Defiance. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 09/13/2008 last visited: 06/03/2021 |
 view galleryW0.8 km |  Lewis & Clark at Fort Defiance, Cairo, IL
in Lewis and Clark Trail Original piece of art to mark the activities of Lewis & Clark. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 09/14/2008 last visited: 06/03/2021 |
 view galleryW0.8 km |  Fort Defiance Camping and RV Park - Cairo, IL
in Municipal Parks and Plazas Called "Fort Defiance State Park" on the sign, because once it was, but not anymore. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 07/11/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryW0.8 km |  The Meeting of the Rivers - Cairo, IL
in Illinois Historical Markers Tip of confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. On the northern bank of each is Fort Defiance, now a city park. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 09/16/2010 last visited: 06/29/2021 |
 view galleryW0.8 km |  Fort Defiance - Cairo, IL
in News Article Locations This park is not the actual spot of Lewis and Clark landing, this is land created by the rivers sediment after the Civil War. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 09/20/2017 last visited: 06/03/2021 |
 view galleryW0.8 km |  Defiance Park Lookout, Cairo ,Illinois
in Look-Out Towers Two levels to look over the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. posted by: BONSAIRAD location: Illinois date approved: 12/04/2020 last visited: 06/03/2021 |
 view galleryW1 km |  Confluence of the Ohio River and Mississippi River - Cairo, IL
in American Guide Series The lowest point in the State, the delta on which stands Cairo, once a busy port at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. posted by: nomadwillie location: Illinois date approved: 01/12/2022 last visited: never |
 view galleryW1 km |  Jennifer Dowdy Sullivan - Cairo, IL
in Citizen Memorials Musical festival started here has moved on, but this marker holds on to the past. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 06/26/2014 last visited: never |
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| CONFLUENCE- Ohio River - Mississippi River - Wickliffe, KY in River Origins, Destinations and Confluences 8Nuts Mothergoose presented this confluence from the Illinois side, this the the same place from Kentucky. posted by: YoSam. location: Kentucky date approved: 12/08/2013 last visited: 07/24/2018 |
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| Work on US 51 Ohio River Bridge between KY and IL, Cairo, IL in News Article Locations Was slated for demolition in 2013, but still standing. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 09/20/2017 last visited: 06/24/2023 |
 view galleryNW1.6 km |  Cairo Ohio River Bridge
in Wikipedia Entries The Ohio River Bridge is a continuous cantilevered through truss over the Ohio River. It carries US Highways 51, 60 and 62 between Cairo, Illinois and Wickliffe, Kentucky. posted by:  NoLemon location: Illinois date approved: 08/30/2007 last visited: 06/24/2023 |
 view galleryNW1.6 km |  The Ohio River Bridge
in Truss Bridges The Ohio River Bridge is a continuous cantilevered through truss over the Ohio River. It carries US Highways 51, 60 and 62 between Cairo, Illinois and Wickliffe, Kentucky. posted by: NoLemon location: Kentucky date approved: 08/31/2007 last visited: 06/24/2023 |
 view galleryW1.6 km |  IL/KY on US 51, 60 & 62
in Border Crossings This busy Border Crossing between Illinois and Kentucky is over the Ohio River on three U.S. Highways; 51, 60 & 62. posted by: PeterNoG location: Kentucky date approved: 01/07/2012 last visited: 06/24/2023 |
 view galleryW1.8 km | Cairo, Illinois in Illinois Historical Markers This is one of two identical markers for Cairo. It is located on the south end of the parking lot at the entrance to Fort Defiance State Park, which is at the junctions of US 51 and IL 60-62. posted by: NoLemon location: Illinois date approved: 08/30/2007 last visited: 06/03/2021 |
 view galleryW1.8 km |  Historical Survey Marker - Cairo, IL
in U.S. Historic Survey Stones and Monuments Located at today's Fort Defiance State park posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 06/27/2014 last visited: 06/03/2021 |
 view galleryW1.8 km |  Historical Survey Marker - Cairo, IL
in Great Lines of Earth Indicates 3rd Principal Meridian posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 06/29/2014 last visited: 06/03/2021 |
 view galleryW1.8 km | Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery - Cairo, IL in Illinois Historical Markers This Lewis and Clark marker is located at the entrance of the Fort Defiance State Park in the very southern tip of Illinois. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/07/2022 last visited: never |
 view galleryW1.8 km | Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery - Cairo, IL in Lewis and Clark Trail This Lewis and Clark marker is located at the entrance of the Fort Defiance State Park in the very southern tip of Illinois. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 06/26/2014 last visited: 06/03/2021 |
 view galleryW1.8 km | Lewis and Clark in Illinois - Cairo in Lewis and Clark Trail This Lewis and Clark Trail marker is located at the entrance of the Fort Defiance State Park in the very southern tip of Illinois. posted by: NoLemon location: Illinois date approved: 08/30/2007 last visited: 01/06/2022 |
 view galleryW1.8 km |  Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery - Cairo, IL
in Signs of History This Lewis and Clark marker is located at the entrance of the Fort Defiance State Park in the very southern tip of Illinois. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 09/19/2017 last visited: 06/03/2021 |
 view galleryW1.8 km | The Beginning of the Third Principal Meridian - Historical Survey Marker - Cairo, IL in Lewis and Clark Trail Located at the entrance to Fort Defiance Park posted by: nomadwillie location: Illinois date approved: 01/06/2022 last visited: 10/22/2022 |
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