Listers: I asked the webmaster at the Historic Cairo website about America, Illinois and below is his response. Yes i know the place you are talking about and it is still there today, there are mostly homes and farms there now. it is about 15 miles north of Cairo,IL. on US.37 and it is close to the Ohio river. if there is anything else i can help you with just let me know William PS. Thanks for visiting our Web Site. Patti