Far From Home: Life and Loss in Two American Towns

Cairo Kent

Overview

Ron PowersCairo, IllinoisKent, ConnecticutConclusion

Ron Powers

Born in 1941, in Hannibal, Missouri His works include

White Town Drowsing: Journeys to HannibalDangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark TwainMark Twain: A Life.

Co-AuthoredFlag of Our Fathers

Ron Powers

Pulitzer PrizeChicago Sun-Times for his critical writing about television during 1972

Live is Middlebury, Vermont

Changing from Rural to Urban

Rural areas seem to be facing an expected disappearanceAmerica had been industrializing since the 1880sKansas was a state of small towns

More than 600 towns and 532 of them had fewer the 2,500 people

1942 small towns were no longer a community1980 Wal-Mart

Kent Cairo

Population: 2,000 – 2,858 Population: 2,000 – 3,632

Median Housing Value: $305,700

Median Housing Value: $26,800

Median Income: $53,906 Median Income: $21,607

Cairo, Illinois

Cairo, IllinoisRiver Boat Port

FloodGrant

’s Army

Race Riot

Doc Poston

Kent, Connecticut

Kent School

Kent, Connecticut

Condo Developer

Weekenders

No Small Town

Traditions

Steady Trickle of People

Summer People

Destruction of

Blueberry Bushes

Weekender

Conversion

Kent School

Kent Grange

Conclusion

Doc Poston has yet to find a good way to save CairoThere is recession in the New England states