Illinois. Dept. of Public Works and Buildings, Service, C. M · Springfield, Ill. : Schnepp & Barnes, printers · leaf 11
nt of Public Works and Buildings are: Lincoln Monu-ment, Lincoln Homestead, Vandalia Court House, Douglas Monu-ment, Fort Massac, Fort Chartres, Old Salem Park and StarvedRock Park. Illinois parks are surpassed by those of no other state and theprogram mapped out gives promise of greater… … FORT CHARTRES. FORT CHARTRES is located in Randolph County, aboutthree miles north of the village of Prairie du Roches.Early Illinois history centers about Fort Chartres, the hub ofFrench influence in the central west for almost half a century be-fore it was wrested from them in 1865 by the…
