Before serious salvage operations were started to recover the gunboat Cairo, the pilot house, top photo, and a cannon were brought up and displayed at City Front. Though the Cairo was a Union vessel, it had at last been “captured” by the South, so a Confederate battle flag was attached to the cannon. These photos were taken in September 1960 and are from the Old Court House Museum collection.

Before serious salvage operations were started to recover the gunboat Cairo, the pilot house and a cannon were brought up and displayed at City Front. Though the Cairo was a Union vessel, it had at last been “captured” by the South, so a Confederate battle flag was attached to the cannon. These photos were taken in September 1960 and are from the Old Court House Museum collection.