Illinois Country
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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
Kaskaskia
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The Kaskaskia were a historical Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. They were one of about a dozen cognate tribes that made up the Illiniwek Confederation, also called the Illinois Confed
Illinois Indian of the Kaskaskia Tribe, engraving based on drawing by General Georges-Henri-Victor Collot, 1796
