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Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (Colonial French Period)

1350 State Rte 155, Prairie du Rocher, IL 62277, USA

Illinois, USA

MUSEUM

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FORT

EST. 1753

EST. 1753

1753

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (Colonial French Period).

This site is preserved and interpreted as a museum open to visitors.

About Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (Colonial French Period)

This reconstructed stone fort served as the administrative capital of French Illinois Country during the French and Indian War and remained under French control until its formal transfer to Britain in 1765, two years after the war's end.

HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (Colonial French Period)

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (Colonial French Period), 1753: This reconstructed stone fort served as the administrative capital of French Illinois Country during the French and Indian War and remained under French control until its formal transfer to Britain in 1765, two years after the war's end.

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