The railroad station in Cairo, completed in 1884, was located on Railroad Ave. and was the final terminus of the Catskill Mt. Railway. The station ran until 1919 when the first World War effort required all scrap iron be used elsewhere. The advent...
Correspondence; Indians of North America; War; Scalping;
This letter, from a son to his father is conveying news of a surprise armed attack, under the command of General Scott, on an assembly of Native Americans that tragically culminated in their demise. The author interprets the massacre of the Native...