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	Fort de Chartres
		The fort was a palisade of squared logs, surrounded by a dry moat.
		With the frequent flooding of the Mississippi River, the fort deteriorated rapidly.
		During the 1993 flood, Fort de Chartres was inundated by fifteen feet of water.
	www.randolphcountyillinois.net /sub27.htm (1008 words)

	Fort de Chartres home
		Fort de Chartres is the last of three eighteenth-century forts by that name erected near the Mississippi River by France's colonial government.
		The stone fort, built in the 1750s and abandoned in 1771, has been partially reconstructed to provide a glimpse of life in Illinois under the French regime.
		Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, which also preserves the archaeological remains of the earlier wooden forts, is managed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
	www.ftdechartres.com (101 words)

	National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Fort de Chartres)
		Fort de Chartres was one of France's most imposing fortifications in North America.
		In the 18th century, the fort was the center of French civil and military government in the Illinois country.
		Standing in a fertile valley free from modern encroachments, the lonely fort is an impressive symbol of the one-time widespread holdings of France in the heartland of North America.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/explorers/sitec15.htm (365 words)

	Fort de Chartres History
		Fort engineer Francois Saucier complained in late 1752 that two stonemasons and a carpenter had deserted and that officials in New Orleans had not yet sent competent replacements.
		British troops of the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment took possession of Fort de Chartres on October 10, 1765 in a carefully choreographed transfer ceremony.
		Fort de Chartres is the scene of several popular special events.
	www.ftdechartres.com /page/page/1396754.htm (1163 words)

	Museum homepage
		Its population, always small, was affected by the establishment of Kaskaskia and Fort de Chartres and by the cession of the land to the British in 1765 following the French and Indian War.
		Fort de Chartres is an eighteenth-century fort erected near the Mississippi River by France's colonial government.
		The fort was abandoned after a measles epidemic in 1861-62 claimed the lives of a substantial number of soldiers of the Third Illinois Cavalry and 131st Illinois Infantry, who were using the fort as an encampment.
	www.schools.lth5.k12.il.us /bths-east/forts.html (3010 words)

	Fort de Chartres - Prairie du Rocher, Illinois
		A wooden fort was soon constructed eighteen miles north of the village of Kaskaskia from which the civil authority would operate and whose military presence it was hoped would pacify the Fox Tribe.
		The stockade, named Fort de Chartres in honor of Louis duc de Chartres, son of the regent of France, quickly deteriorated due to frequent flooding.
		Fort de Chartres was primarily ruins, having been abandoned by the British for over 30 years, when Clark made this entry on December 4, 1803: “… at 2 miles past the mouth of a Small Creek on the Larbd.
	www.greatriverroad.com /stegen/randattract/chartres.htm (935 words)

	Southwest Illinois News - Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
		The fort, named in honor of Louis duc de Chartres, son of the regent of France, consisted of a palisade of squared logs surrounded by a dry moat.
		In 1753 - 56, the fort was rebuilt of with massive limestone quarried from the bluffs north of Prairie du Rocher.
		Fort de Chartres is the scene of several popular special events: a Kids' Day with games and various activities; an annual Spring and Winter Rendezvous featuring military competition, dancing, music and crafts; and a French and Indian War encampment.
	www.swi-news.com /FortdeChartres.htm (646 words)

	Past Commandants
		The log two-bastion structure, named Fort de Chartres to honor the son of the French regent, was completed the same year.
		Throughout the mid-1730s, Fort de Chartres was threatened by Indian tribes aligned with the British.
		Fort de Chartres was the last place in North America to fly the French flag under that nations rule.
	fortdechartresmarines.org /chronology.html (1226 words)

	Fort de Chartres -- Its Origin, Growth, and Decline
		Fort Chartres, or Fort de Chartres, was the seat of French power and authority in the upper Mississippi valley for five and forty years, and of the British authority for seven years; and any full and faithful account of it would necessarily include very much of the early history of Illinois during that extended period.
		Fort Chartres was the creation of the Company of the West, or Mississippi company, which was organized by the celebrated John Law, in August, 1717, immediately after the surrender by the Sieur Antoine Crozat of his patent and privileges in Louisiana to the French crown.
		Mason, in his elaborate essay on Fort Chartres, quotes the Marquis de Galissoniere, governor general of Canada (1747-1749), as having sent a memorial on the subject to the king, in which he said: "The little colony of Illinois ought not to be left to perish; the king must sacrifice for its support.
	riverweb.cet.uiuc.edu /Archives/transactions/1903/Fort_20de_20Chartres.html (5052 words)

	The French & Indian War
		Fort de Chartres was originally built in 1720 as a wooden fort.
		Fort de Chartres served as the seat of civil and military government in Illinois country.
		French troops from Fort de Chartres fought in the battle at Fort Necessity and aided in the defeat of George Washington’s troops.
	www.frenchandindianwar250.org /visit/details.aspx?SiteID=54&c= (91 words)

	Albany Mounds - Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The third fort, erected in the 1750s, was a massive square stone structure enclosing six buildings, including a still-standing powder magazine that may be the oldest building in Illinois.
		This fort served as the French seat of government and its chief military installation in the Illinois Country.
		Inside the fort are the “restored” powder magazine (portions of which are original), several reconstructed stone buildings, and the exposed foundations of other buildings, which have been “ghosted” in wood.
	www.illinoishistory.gov /hs/fort_de_chartres.htm (473 words)

	Fort de Chartres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The original fort's name honored Louis, duc de Chartres, son of the Regent of France.
		In 1747 the French garrison moved to the region's primary settlement 18 miles to the south at Kaskaskia, and the French debated where to rebuild the fort.
		One of the reconstructed bastions at the fort.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_de_Chartres (905 words)

	IMA Hero: Papa Report #4
		Fort de Chartres was constructed out of limestone by the French, beginning in the 1720's.
		The river often flooded the fort during the Spring, so the fort was soon relocated a mile inland near the present-day town of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois.
		De Chartres was the headquarters for the French colonial government, administrating the Illinois area, until all the French possessions east of the Mississippi were ceded to England in 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War.
	www.imahero.com /papa/report4.html (1621 words)

	THE PHANTOM FUNERAL OF FORT DE CHARTRES
		The original fort had fallen into ruin by this time and it was his responsibility to construct a new one using slave labor and local limestone.
		Neyon de Villiers, the second in command at Fort de Chartres asked for and received permission from MacCarty to lead an expedition against the British in retaliation for the deaths of the French explorers.
		A staff member at the fort reported to me later that summer that on the stroke of midnight, all of the coyotes in the area began to howl in unison.
	www.prairieghosts.com /fort.html (1831 words)

	Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
		Fort de Chartres, located in Randolph County, features the reconstruction of a stone fort built by the French near the Mississippi River in 1750s.
		Interpretation at the fort describes life in Illinois under the French regime, before the fort was abandoned in 1771.
		Every Spring, Fort de Chartres hosts the "Rendezvous," which is a grand interpretive exposition of French/English frontier life with period costumes, food, crafts, trades and lifestyles.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2248/places/15233/index.html (161 words)

	Early Militia, Illinois State Military Museum, Illinois National Guard
		Fort de Chartres, Kaskaskia and Cahokia were a few of the main settlements.
		The fort was renamed Fort Patrick Henry, in honor of the Governor of Virginia.
		The wooden fort was named for the Duc de Chartres, son of the French regent.
	www.il.ngb.army.mil /museum/HistoricalEvents/early.htm (2385 words)

	A Brief History of Vincennes
		Francois-Marie Bissot was the son of Jean-Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes.
		While Vincennes' intention was to establish a fort closer to the Ohio River, the Piankeshaw refused to go that far south, fearing the hostile Chickasaw, who were aligned with the British and, with them, threatened French trade.
		That same year, General Gage proposed that a garrison be established in Vincennes to regulate "unlawful elements." The next year, Gage received a report from the Commandant at Fort de Chartres and the Indian agent that accused the French at Vincennes of inciting the Wabash tribes against the British.
	rking.vinu.edu /vinbrief.htm (1564 words)

	Illinois Department of Natural Resources Newsbits
		Fort De L’Ascension was the first fort at Massac, built by French Marines beginning on Ascension Day in 1757.
		The crops produced on the fertile farm lands around Fort de Chartres were sent east to the Ohio Country and south to New Orleans.
		The fort was described as a square with four bastions and a curtain of two rows of tree trunks joined and set against a banquette, featuring eight cannons and housing approximately 100 men.
	dnr.state.il.us /pubaffairs/2007/May/FtMassac.html (1038 words)

	Annual Rendezvous, Fort de Chartres - Prairie du Rocher, Illinois
		Based on the traditional French fur trapper’s rendezvous where trappers and traders would meet at a predetermined location to trade furs for necessities, the rendezvous was the highlight of the fur trapper’s year and is the highlight of Fort de Chartres’s extensive calendar of historical events and activities.
		The Annual Rendezvous at Fort de Chartres offers participants and visitors alike a glimpse into the period from 1740-1840, a part of Illinois’ past when it was governed not only by France but by Great Britain and the United States as well.
		It was this stone fort that the French turned over to the British in 1765 after the end of the French and Indian War.
	www.greatriverroad.com /stegen/randattract/fdcvous.htm (724 words)

	Chester Day Trip
		The fort served as the French headquarters and was designed to provide a military presence to pacify the Fox Indians.
		The first fort was constructed in 1718 from wood and named in honor of Louis duc de Chartres.
		The stone fort was a massive four acre fortress with walls measuring 15 feet high and 3 feet thick.
	www.quincynet.com /daytrips/chester/attractions.htm (682 words)

	Athome: 1700: Time Line: 1673 - 1800
		First Fort de Chartres was built of palisades and center of French colonial government in Illinois was established there.
		Fort de Chartres began to be rebuilt in stone.
		British soldiers took over Fort de Chartres and many French families chose to move to the Spanish (Catholic) controlled area west of the Mississippi rather than live under English (Protestant) rule.
	www.museum.state.il.us /exhibits/athome/1700/timeline/index.html (379 words)

	Early Settlements and Historic Forts
		As the French moved into Illinois in greater numbers, forts were built to protect their settlements from the Indians living in the area, and from the British who wanted control of the land.
		Fort de Chartres was the headquarters for the Illinois Country for ten years until France surrendered to the British at the end of the French and Indian War in 1763.
		Fort Kaskaskia was built during the French and Indian War to protect Kaskaskia from the British.
	www.educonnect.com /KeyIL/settle.htm (592 words)

	Fort De Chartres
		Fort de Chartres is a French fort, built in the 1750's.
		This fort was the seat of the French government in the Illinois country until 1765.
		Although some of the fort was destroyed in the flood of '93, it is still a great piece of history.
	www.angelfire.com /fl5/fdc/fdchome.html (248 words)

	Jean Baptiste Choisser: of Kaskaskia and Gallatin County (1784-1860)
		Anne de Fort de Chartres records the baptism, January 24, 1748, by Nicholas Laurens (in the absence of Joseph Gagnon, curé of the parish) of a daughter "born on the eve (sur la veille) of the legitimate marriage of Jean Baptiste Vivarenne...
		Catherine Anne Vivarenne, born presumably after 1740, unless she was that Veronica whose baptism is recorded, was married on June 30, 1757, at Fort de Chartres, to Charles Joseph Labuxiere, an officer of the colonial government stationed at the seat of the government, Fort de Chartres.
		Fort de Chartres was but two years completed in 1757, and Commandant Makarty-Mactigue was at the height of his power, and influence.
	www.choisser.com /family/starke/iv.html (3278 words)

	Historic Diaries: Marquette and Joliet
		When he was fourteen, she fled to the wilderness with her lover, Pierre de Laclede, who had obtained a monopoly on the trade in furs from the Missouri region.
		Chouteau's narrative: "[Chouteau's step-father, Pierre de Laclede] set out from the Fort de Chartres in the month of December [1763], took with him a young man in his confidence [Chouteau], and examined all the ground from the Fort de Chartres to the Missouri.
		He was obliged to proceed to Fort de Chartres, to remove the goods that he had in the fort, before the arrival of the English, who were expected every day to take possession of it.
	www.wisconsinhistory.org /diary/001410.asp (498 words)

	Fort de Chartres - Chester Illinois Resource Guide
		The third fort was constructed of stone in the 1750's by the French colonial government and enclosed 4 acres.
		The French controlled the region, which was part of the Illinois Country (a region expanding as far as Lakes Michigan and Superior, to the Ohio and Missouri Rivers) until 1763.
		Additional web sites which may be of interest include: the IHPA site, the site created by the Fort Chartres Society and one by The University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies.
	www.guide4chester.com /chartres.html (453 words)

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	www.immo-35.com /catalog/immobilier.php (1433 words)

	Illinois State Historical Markers: Fort De Chartres-Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The territory was under French rule and in 1718 Pierre Duque, Sieur de Boisbriant, commandant of the Illinois country, was sent to erect a permanent military post.
		Built of wood and exposed to the Mississippi floods, the fort had to be rebuilt in 1727 and 1732.
		The Prairie du Rocher Common (land used by all the villagers) was granted to the village by the territorial government in 1743 and was used until 1852.
	www.historyillinois.org /Markers/old_markers/95.htm (298 words)

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