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Kaskaskia
CITY:
Chester
COUNTY:
Randolph
DEDICATED BY:
The State of Illinois
DEDICATION DATE:
January 1, 1935 at 6:00:00 AM
The marker is located 2.5 miles south of Ellis Grove at the northeast corner of the intersection of IL Route 3 and Shawneetown Trail Road.
From 1703 until it was washed away by the Mississippi two centuries later, the ancient town of Kaskaskia – the second settlement in Illinois, the territorial capital and the first state capital – stood two miles southwest of here. Fort Kaskaskia State Park and the Menard Home are memorial to this once prominent village.
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