Prairie du Rocher, Illinois
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Prairie du Rocher is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. Founded in the French colonial period in the Midwest, the community is located near bluffs that flank the east side of the M
A grain elevator in Prairie du Rocher
Creole House
Road sign
French-Colonial style house
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
Prairie du Rocher, Illinois
…and commerce when France claimed a vast territory in North America, New France or La Louisiane, which stretched from present-day Louisiana and the Illinois Country to Canada. The village was founded in 1722 by French colonists, mostly migrants from Canada…
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