Driving Around Small Town Thebes, Illinois in 4k Video

Filmed on Saturday, September 7 2024, I drive around Thebes, IL to see what's going on.
Thebes, like the nearby city of Cairo, is named after the Egyptian city of the same name. This part of southern Illinois is known as Little Egypt.
Abraham Lincoln practiced law here.
Legend holds that Dred Scott, a slave whose freedom suit reached the Supreme Court, may have been imprisoned in the local courthouse jail for a time while his case was heard.
During the steamboat era, Thebes was a busy steamboat port.
Union troops passed through Thebes on their way to attack the south during the Civil War.
Thebes railroad bridge was constructed in 1905 and is still in use today.
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What a beautifully scenic drive!

[@exploreusacities]

I can't get enough of these tiny Mississippi River towns, they are always neat

[@jazzagerecords7932]

@@exploreusacities that's understandable, they have a strange magic to them

[@kathyblagg7705]

Wonderful thank you but I would not go down that long road with out a full tank of gas

[@exploreusacities]

That would be a very bad place for a flat tire

[@Eugene2736]

Bro, do you CCL?

[@exploreusacities]

I probably should if I’m gonna keep driving around these shitholes