The Cairo Project -- a report by the students of the School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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Fred Cross

Photo by Brett Nadal.

Fred Cross, of Olmsted, Illinois, watches his wife Lucille care for their great-granddaughter, Cameron, at their kitchen table while their granddaughter catches up on some much-needed sleep. Cross is preparing to haul his motor boat and equipment down to the Ohio River to fish, as he has nearly every morning of his life. "You catch me lots of fish today, now, alright?" Lucille said while smiling to Fred before he left the house. There are four generations of the Cross family in this home, built with the resources of a fisherman.