Fort Defiance State Park where the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers can be viewed. Just south of Cairo IL that boosts Several Civil War era sites (including Underground Railroad) and houses.
Type: Attraction
Cairo, IL
By:Tara Kieschnick
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