Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-25
STILL ON TIE RIVER
~ HISTORIC WAR TOWNS


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We are nov az Fort Pillow. 10 miles
below Cairo add SIXTY miles above Mem
This- Port fiitow tennessee. - stu
ated on the first Chiekasas bluff. and Is
celebrated ~ The scene 81 horrible
tutehery on April :. l-s9. by the trOOps
uocer The confederate cavalry officer.
'seneral Forest. and known 10 HISTORY AS
the Font tillo~ massacre % The coiorsd
garrison % Ss"D men. though the tessi-
uioay concerning u - somewhat con
h'ct'n2.
We stop az Fulton. Tennessee. large
shipping pout fos cctton 10 southern
iursA Prom here Ws pass on 70 Ran
cOlra. Idaho. Golden Lake. Pecan
Point. Cspt A1arfNs. Corona. Mound
80, hopeaeid dna other pisces. 10
cairo along ne river and IA the states
ot ttpne-sof. Missouri aud Arkansas
Ne are Row % miles below Cairo.
sna isnd "a memphis. Tennessee. which
las become enc - the eiesne-t, health
sst anu ntef heautiful cities ~ the
mississippi valley Memphis ~ the
letfjnx citY 81 the sfst~ AMI - quecaly
situated Ca hirn hiurs. The city pre-
scois -tfiNtug appearance ~
sfen ifou tae water. with an
espsaaasie several hundred Feet ~
width. <weefiaE ss'ng the bluffs.
wnaa arr ccsefea ~lth large elevators.
warehouses ant tacteries 10 - the
eSsset cry "a ne s'ssissipp', beiueen
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