A history of Cairo,
since 1803
Postcards, papers and photographs of Cairo from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first European-American settler arrived around 1772, but many new families moved in after the American Revolution. They were coming west from New England.
In 1803, the town was formed from the towns of Catskill, Coxsackie, and Durham. First known as "Canton", the town was renamed in 1808 to "Cairo".
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Cairo’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHuntley's Drugs, 1976: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Cairo, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Huntley's Drugs (1976) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.