Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site is a 200-acre (0.8 km2) park near Chester, Illinois, on a blufftop overlooking the Mississippi River. It commemorates...
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established a permanent mission, settlement and fort (Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site) at Kaskaskia, Illinois, a part of their New France colonization...
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and the site of Fort Kaskaskia. The name of the fort honored Louis, duc de Chartres, son of the Regent of France. The state historic site today hosts...
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shelter site at the base of the sandstone bluff within the state park's Kaskaskia Canyon. In 1991 subsurface tests of the 183 m2 shelter site were made...
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River Kaskaskia sequence, a geological cratonic sequence Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site, commemorating the town of Old Kaskaskia, Illinois Kaskaskia River...
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GuidepostUSA "Kaskaskia Bell State Historic Site", GuidepostUSA Stead v. Commons of Kaskaskia, 1 Scam. 239 (1909) "Curse of Kaskaskia". Prairie Ghosts...
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Lincoln Tomb (redirect from Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site)
tomb and later in the state tomb. The mausoleum is owned and administered by the State of Illinois as Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site. It was designated...
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The Old State Capitol State Historic Site, in Springfield, Illinois, is a former capitol building for the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of two preserved...
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Village of the Illinois, also called Old Kaskaskia Village, is a site significant for being the best documented historic Native American village in the Illinois...
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National Historic Site (NHS) and National Historical Park (NHP) are designations for officially recognized areas of national historic significance in the...
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