The Grand 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 River valley. It was a large
Old Kaskaskia Village site, seen from the west. Now an archeology site, the village thrived in the late 1600s. In the background left of center is the 1849 Sulphur Springs Hotel. The Illinois River is about 1,000 feet (300 m) south (right) of the road at left.
Floor plan of House C-3
Floor plan of Houses C-8 and C-13
Profile of Feature 33, "macopin" roasting pit
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The Illinois Country, also referred to as Upper Louisiana, was a vast region of New France claimed in the 1600s that later fell under Spanish and British control before becoming what is now part of th
Illinois Country (Pais des Ilinois (sic)) 1717
Reconstructed curtain and gatehouse of Fort de Chartres
Fort Pimiteoui (Old Peoria) circa 1702
French Church of the Holy Family in Cahokia