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McKinney Bridge in Cairo in Ritchie County, West Virginia. Erected in 1878; Fell in 1970.

1. McKinney Covered Bridge, Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014394
Title:
McKinney Covered Bridge, Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
1955
Description:
McKinney Bridge in Cairo in Ritchie County, West Virginia. Erected in 1878; Fell in 1970.

2. Peter Yeager Six and Wife, Serena Smith Six, Cairo, W. Va.

IDNO:
014448
Title:
Peter Yeager Six and Wife, Serena Smith Six, Cairo, W. Va.
A picture postcard of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Ritchie County, West Virginia.

3. Farmer's and Merchant's Bank, Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014469
Title:
Farmer's and Merchant's Bank, Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
1912
Description:
A picture postcard of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
'Patron D. Mark Gaston, of Harrisville, identified this photo as the covered bridge outside Cairo, West Virginia, which spans the North Fork at the Hughes River. C and K Railroad tracks are in the foreground.'

4. Covered Bridge, Cairo, W. Va.

IDNO:
014603
Title:
Covered Bridge, Cairo, W. Va.
Date:
1923
Description:
'Patron D. Mark Gaston, of Harrisville, identified this photo as the covered bridge outside Cairo, West Virginia, which spans the North Fork at the Hughes River. C and K Railroad tracks are in the foreground.'

5. Snowy Main Street in Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014611
Title:
Snowy Main Street in Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
1910-1920
Supply store with wagon wheels stacked in front. The Cairo Opera House is upstairs.

6. Supply Store and Opera House, Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014625
Title:
Supply Store and Opera House, Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880-1900
Description:
Supply store with wagon wheels stacked in front. The Cairo Opera House is upstairs.

7. Homes Along the C & K Railroad Tracks in Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014638
Title:
Homes Along the C & K Railroad Tracks in Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
1909
Postcard with a photograph of Mckinney Covered bridge. 'Ritchie County Bi-Centennial Postcard 1776-1976.'

8. McKinney Covered Bridge, Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014649
Title:
McKinney Covered Bridge, Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va.
Description:
Postcard with a photograph of Mckinney Covered bridge. 'Ritchie County Bi-Centennial Postcard 1776-1976.'
'From a photograph by Kirk, showing the ill-fated packet 'City of Pittsburgh' at the wharf. This boat burned to the water's edge near Cairo, with great loss of life.'

9. Steamboat City of Pittsburgh at the Wheeling River Front

IDNO:
017056
Title:
Steamboat City of Pittsburgh at the Wheeling River Front
Description:
'From a photograph by Kirk, showing the ill-fated packet 'City of Pittsburgh' at the wharf. This boat burned to the water's edge near Cairo, with great loss of life.'

10. Football Team, Cairo, W. Va.

IDNO:
017263
Title:
Football Team, Cairo, W. Va.
Date:
1930/10/17

11. Train Wreck at Cairo, W. Va.

IDNO:
029508
Title:
Train Wreck at Cairo, W. Va.
Date:
1915/11/08
Cairo Illinois or Mound City, Illinois or Kentucky. The marker reads: The Prince of the French Explorers--Commissioned by Louis XIV of France the Sieur Robert De La Salle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his Flotilla of canoes stopped in 1882 at this place. In his quest for the mouth of the Mississippi and an outlet for the French fur trade. This river called Ohio by the Iroquois and Quabache (Wabash) by the Algonquins was proclaimed by La Salle on April 9, 1882 to be the Northern watershed of the New Province of Louisiana of the French Colonial Empire.

12. Prince of the French Explorers Historic Marker

IDNO:
031419
Title:
Prince of the French Explorers Historic Marker
Date:
1950
Description:
Cairo Illinois or Mound City, Illinois or Kentucky. The marker reads: The Prince of the French Explorers--Commissioned by Louis XIV of France the Sieur Robert De La Salle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his Flotilla of canoes stopped in 1882 at this place. In his quest for the mouth of the Mississippi and an outlet for the French fur trade. This river called Ohio by the Iroquois and Quabache (Wabash) by the Algonquins was proclaimed by La Salle on April 9, 1882 to be the Northern watershed of the New Province of Louisiana of the French Colonial Empire.