Alexander County

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

































Christmas Day at Ft Defiance Park, at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

Commercial Street, from seven 5x7 negatives, Cairo