Ohio River flooding Canadian National Railway tracks, just over the bridge from Cairo
Snow fence in tree, Mississippi River, near Thebes
Wing Dam, Santa Fe Chute
Disused mine building, near Tamms
Missouri Sister Island, where the river splits Alexander County, Illinois onto both sides of the Mississippi River, river mile marker 14
Bridge over Clear Creek, near McClure
Mississippi River dredging machinery anchored at Thebes, near the St. Louis Southwestern “Cotton Belt” Railway river ferry moorings, in use from 1898-1905
Barge moorings near American Commercial Barge Lines facility, Ohio River, north of Urbandale
Destruction of collapsed buildings along Commercial Street, Cairo
Log left suspended by flood waters, Mississippi River, near Dogtooth Bend
Looking north during record flood level in 2011, Ohio River, Cairo
West side of Horseshoe Lake, south of Olive Branch
Ko-Ko-Jo’s during record floods in 2011, southeast of Olive Branch
Tiki Hut Bar and Grill, during record flood in 2011, East Cape Girardeau
Formerly Captain Joe’s and Bruce School Building, Future City
Illinois state line sign, Ohio River Bridge, U.S. Routes 51/60/62, opened in 1937, looking southwest, near Cairo
Mississippi River, near Grays Point
Reflection in the stream on the south side of Promised Land Road, near Horseshoe Lake
Elevated home, surrounded by the Mississippi River during the 2011 flood, Thebes
Yard sale, Cairo
Mississippi River at record low level, at Grays Point, north of Thebes, January, 2013
Burnt drift log beneath Rt 60/62 bridge across the Mississippi River, south of Cairo
“Big Subway Gate”, at the north side of Cairo
Commercial Street tavern, Cairo
Mississippi River bottom surface revealed during record low level in 2013, near Thebes
South end of Bunge plant, Commercial Street, Cairo
Fishing chairs left behind, Mississippi River, off Miller City Road
Looking west toward Missouri, beneath the bridge at Thebes that dates back to 1905, owned by the Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Company
Aboard the US Corps of Engineers Dredge Hurley, near Cape Girardeau
Old Willis home, Miller City Road
"4:45 PM 7/30/11 Sweet B, you're killing what we had. Please come home. Yours, D” (Found on dock edge at Horseshoe Lake)
Record floods surround house in 2011, Rt 3, near Olive Branch
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