Vandalia, Illinois
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Vandalia is a city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Illinois, United States. At the 2020 Census, the population was 7,458. The city is 60 miles northeast of the Greater St. Louis area on the
Downtown Vandalia
Madonna of the Trail statue in front of the Vandalia State House
Vandalia City Hall
Kaskaskia, Illinois
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Kaskaskia is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, on the west side of the Mississippi River. The population of Kaskaskia was 21 in the 2020 United States census, making it the third-least populous
Vandalia, Illinois
…capital building and grounds, originally constructed in 1836. Vandalia was founded in 1819 as a new capital city for Illinois. The previous capital, Kaskaskia, was unsuitable because it was on the south-east border of the new state and under the constant threat of flooding. The more centrally located townsite…
Kaskaskia Church
The bell donated by King of France Louis XV in 1741, later called the "Liberty Bell of the West", after it was rung to announce the U.S. victory in the Revolution
Kaskaskia state house as it stood in late 1880 or early 1881
1993 flooding of Kaskaskia, looking south downriver; church spire is in center left