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TitleAbandoned 1931 Illinois National Guard armory in Cairo (pronounced CARE-o), Illinois, a small city at the southern tip of the state, wedged between Kentucky and Missouri. Once a booming river town of 15,000 population in the early 20th Century, Cairo declined into what some call a ghost town one-fifth the population a century later following several racially tinged riots and severe flooding, including one in 2011 in which the entire city was evacutedTypeStill ImageMonographSubjectAmericaRiver townsAbandoned buildingsIllinois National GuardArmoriesDigital photographs--Color--2010-2020 (GMGPC)United States--Illinois --Alexander County --Cairo. (LOCAL)NoteForms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.Authorized Access PointHighsmith, Carol M., 1946- Abandoned 1931 Illinois National Guard armory in Cairo (pronounced CARE-o), Illinois, a small city at the southern tip of the state, wedged between Kentucky and Missouri. Once a booming river town of 15,000 population in the early 20th Century, Cairo declined into what some call a ghost town one-fifth the population a century later following several racially tinged riots and severe flooding, including one in 2011 in which the entire city was evacuted