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Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site

4372 Park Rd,, Ellis Grove, IL 62241

Historic Sites

Discover the historic overlook, the Fort mounds and cemetery, and tour the nearby Menard House. Together, these sites provide a glimpse into early European colonization and settlement in Illinois.

Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site is a 200-acre park near Chester, Illinois, on a blufftop overlooking the Mississippi River and offers scenic views of the American Bottoms, the confluence of the Mississippi and Kaskaskia rivers, and the site of the original town of Kaskaskia, which was once the first state capital of Illinois. It commemorates the vanished frontier town of Old Kaskaskia and the support it gave to George Rogers Clark in the American Revolution. Fort Kaskaskia features a campground, three pavilions furnished with picnic tables, grills, water, and electricity as well as numerous picnic tables and grills that can be found throughout the site. Illinois 250

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