The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-01
STORY OF WAR
NEAR COLUMBUS
Hal. G. GREEN ON TRIP DOWN
TIE R!VER LEARNS INTER,
ESTlNG FACTS.
GRANT WAS DEFEATED
At Belmont Say Res dcnts-Tels
Why Cen. Polk Built Fort
cebastopa
isccnces.

Columbus, k$, AUG. rs, w tie
up fer da% aud night 1T Columbu
Ky. a picturesque old ham ct. twcnt
one miles below Cairo, in Hickma
county 1t is primitive rura, Ii Il
burg with a people inclined to fri lend
lineas and sereuoly hopeful that some
thing will turn up to restore TIE
! prestige it held "befo' the wah." Fo
/ Columbus is a part of history |
might have been the capital of thf
United States. There was such a pr
i ject after the purchase Of the Louis
Iiana territory when for a time it was
thought desirable to build the capita
of the young republic, as near IFS
geographical center as might be and
Columbus was as near that hub as
could be found. Consequently hope.
ful citizens had the town incorporated
Wita limits extending ha'f way to
Clinton, the county scat. and dreamed
Of the stately buildings and broad
hculevards that must eventually make
famous their little river town Fame
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great waterway Columbus became an
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ana garden down to the gulf or hack
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