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  Cahokia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cahokia was a Native American city located near Collinsville in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St.
Cahokia is best known for large, man-made earthen structures, known popularly as mounds, the largest of which is Monk's Mound; as well as its timber circles named after the site of Woodhenge.
The name Cahokia is that of a unrelated clan of Illiniwek that was living in the area when the first French explorers arrived in the early 17th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cahokia   (792 words)

  
 Cahokia, Illinois -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Cahokia is a (A settlement smaller than a town) village (Click link for more info and facts about located) located in (Click link for more info and facts about St. Clair County) St.
As of the 2000 (A period count of the population) census, the village had a ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 16,391.
Cahokia is located at 38°33'43" North, 90°10'22" West (38.561901, -90.172878).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/cahokia,_illinois.htm   (505 words)

  
 Illinois Historic Preservation Agency - Cahokia Courthouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Cahokia was the center for Indian trade, Kaskaskia was known for its shipping trade, and Fort de Chartres was the military and governmental headquarters.
Cahokia militia captain Francois Trottier and his subordinates swore allegiance to the United States, and the small stone fort was renamed Fort Bowman.
Cahokia was named the county seat of St. Clair County following passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which directed that a "courthouse, county jail, pillory, whipping post, and stocks" be built in every county.
www.state.il.us /HPA/hs/Courthouse.htm   (1256 words)

  
 Illinois State Historical Markers: Cahokia, Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Cahokia, the first permanent white settlement in Illinois in existence, was established in 1699 by priests of the French Seminary of Foreign Missions in Quebec.
Cahokia was not destined to continue in her important position.
The county seat was removed to Belleville in 1814 and Cahokia became a small agricultural center on the outskirts of East St. Louis.
www.historyillinois.org /frames/markers/39.htm   (279 words)

  
 Cahokia Courthouse, Cahokia, Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The courthouse site was the scene of a pioneering excavation by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938 and 1939, prior to reconstruction of the building, which had been on display in Jackson Park, Chicago, since the St. Louis Exposition.
As restored today, the Cahokia Courthouse is an excellent example of colombage (half-timber) construction, with pierrotage (limestone rock in-fill).
The original fl walnut timbers, held together by mortise and tenon joinery, are remarkable survivors of the 18th century.
www.southalabama.edu /archaeology/fc-cahokia_courthouse_page.htm   (239 words)

  
 A Stone Pyramid At Cahokia, Illinois?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Stone does not occur naturally at Cahokia (which is the Mississippi River valley about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of St. Louis, Missouri--J.T.) so any stone would have had to be brought by humans.
Fowler, reached by telephone in his office Friday, is widely considered the godfather of Cahokia archaeology.
Cahokia Mounts is the largest archaeological site in the United States and has the biggest mounds and the greatest number of mounds anywhere.
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 Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The Illinois country was distant from this struggle, but to fight the influx, the Shawnee during 1769 made overtures of alliance to all tribes in the region, including the Illini.
The Americans in Kentucky, however, became aware of the British weakness in Illinois, and with the blessing of Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia, George Rogers Clark departed from the falls of the Ohio (Louisville) with 175 Kentucky militiamen in June, 1778 to capture it.
Illinois joined the union as the 21st state in 1818, and the Illini met with Ninian Edwards and Auguste Chouteau, at Edwardsville in September and signed away their last holdings in Illinois for about $6,000 and agreed to move across the Mississippi to St. Genevieve, Missouri.
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 Illinois Historic Preservation Agency - Cahokia Mounds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Covering about 4,000 acres, the Cahokia site was first inhabited around 700 A.D. and grew to a population of about 20,000 by 1100 A.D. Sixty-eight of the original one hundred and twenty entirely earthen mounds are preserved within the historic area.
Within the 2,200-acre tract, located a few miles west of Collinsville, Illinois, lie the archaeological remnants of the central section of the ancient Indian city that is today known as Cahokia.
Cahokia became a regional center for the Mississippian culture after A.D. 900, with many outlying hamlets and villages, and major satellite towns near the modern communities of Mitchell, Dupo, Lebanon, East St. Louis, and St. Louis.
state.il.us /hpa/hs/Mounds.htm   (1264 words)

  
 Southwest Illinois News - Cahokia Mounds
Cahokia became a regional center for the Mississippian culture with many surrounding villages.
Betty Lou Santel, from New Baden, Illinois, and her son, Daniel, enjoy climbing the newly rebuilt stairs at the Monks Mounds on Collinsville Road.
Southwest Illinois News and Saint Louis Front Page is owned and maintained by the Moore Design Group for the sole purpose of disseminating news and information about the Metropolitan Saint Louis area.
www.swi-news.com /SWI-Cahokia.htm   (495 words)

  
 Jerome Place Bed & Breakfast - Historic Cahokia, Illinois - Birthplace of the Midwest - BBOnline.com / Introduction
Cahokia, the first permanent settlement of white men in the Illinois territory of the northwest country of North America, had its beginning in May 1699 with the founding of the Holy Family Mission by priests from Quebec, Canada.
Cahokia is named for the tribe of Indians who were a part of the Illinois Indian Confederation.
Cahokia is located in the geographic center of the United States along the Mississippi River.
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 Cahokia Full Scholarly Bibliography
In Cahokia and the Hinterlands: Middle Mississippian Cultures of the Midwest, edited by Thomas E. Emerson and R. Barry Lewis.
In Cahokia and the Hinterlands: Middle Mississippian Cultures of the Midwest, edited by Thomas E. Emerson and R. Barry Lewis, pp.
Koldehoff, Brad and Elizabeth A. Kassly-Kane 1995 An Engraved Cahokia Discoidal from the Uplands of St. Clair County, Illinois.
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 Cahokia on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The first permanent settlement in Illinois, Cahokia's name is derived from a local Native American group.
Cahokia was occupied by the British in 1765 and captured by the Americans under George Rogers Clark in 1778.
The Mississippian presence and Cahokia interaction at Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Cahokia.asp   (440 words)

  
 CAHOKIA MOUNDS: ILLINOIS POWER SPOT?
While the record of European explorers in Illinois begins with the arrival of Marquette and Joliet in 1673, the chronicle of the Native American inhabitants dates back much further.
During the Middle Ages, Cahokia was a larger city than London and yet today, is an abandoned place about which we know almost nothing.
CAHOKIA MOUNDS is located just outside of Collinsville, Illinois, a short distance off Interstates 55/70 and 255, along Route 40.
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 Cahokia, Illinois IL, village profile (Saint Clair County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Illinois > All counties > Saint Clair County > Cahokia
Cahokia is a village in Saint Clair County, in the Saint Louis metro area.
Median rent in Cahokia, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $419.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5960   (518 words)

  
 Cahokia Illinois long distance phone services .   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
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 Cahokia Illinois Real Estate Agents Brokers and Realtors in Cahokia Illinois
When buying or selling a home, selecting a good real estate agent in Cahokia Illinois is as important a decision as the neighborhood you choose.
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 Cahokia Illinois Lemon Law
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The Illinois Land Company petitions to cede all its land to the United States on the condition that one quarter should be reconveyed to it.
Massac is located on the Illinois side of the Ohio River approximately 35 miles from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
September 26 Treaty of Chicago is signed by the Potawatomi of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois assuring their relocation to reservations west of the Mississippi River in Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.
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 Cahokia News
The mayor of Cahokia, Illinois calls it a catastrophic failure of the clerk's office.
CAHOKIA A school bus that stopped Wednesday morning to pick up Cahokia High School students was hit head on by a car whose driver said he had dozed off while heading home from work.
The Cahokia Indian mounds in the Metro East area are just one of many unique stops along the National Road, the first federally funded interstate highway.
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 Jerome Place Bed & Breakfast - Historic Cahokia, Illinois - Birthplace of the Midwest - BBOnline.com / Local Attractions
When construction of the residence was begun in 1799-workmen making all of its bricks on the spot-there was no state of Illinois.
By the time the house was completed in 1806, the Illinois country was part of Indiana Territory.
The home was built in 1790 and is the oldest residence in Illinois.
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 Lodging.com: Hotel Details
The Cahokia Holiday Inn Express is mere minutes from Downtown St. Louis, 7.5 miles.
Our Holiday Inn Express is situated near the best attractions St. Louis and South Western Illinois has to offer.
St. Louis Arch, Cahokia Historic Mounds, Grizzlies Baseball Stadium, Gateway International Raceway, Fairmount Park, Lady of the Shrines, The Casino Queen are among so many easily accessible from our front door.
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 Cahokia Mounds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The Cahokia site is located in Collinsville, Illinois, and represents the most sophisticated prehistoric Native American society north of Mexico.
Complete information the Cahokia Mounds Historic site is available at http://www.state.il.us/HPA/CAHOKIAM.HTM and http://medicine.wustl.edu/~mckinney/cahokia/cahokia.html.
This map is based on data gathered at the Illinois State Museum GIS Laboratory.
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 Cahokia Illinois, USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
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