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	Kaskaskia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The remnant of the Kaskaskia live in Oklahoma under the banner of the Confederated Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma.
		The Kaskaskia River, whose headwaters are near Champaign in central Illinois, and whose mouth is near Chester, Illinois, still carries the name of this native nation who once settled throughout its estuarial plain.
		Kaskaskia College is located in Centralia, Illinois, in Marion County.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaskaskia (466 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Kaskaskia River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Kaskaskia River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 320 mi (515 km) long, in central and southern Illinois in the United States.
		The rivers is impounded in Shelby County to form Lake Shelbyville.
		Fort Kaskaskia was located near the mouth of the river in Randolph County.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kaskaskia-River (750 words)

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		Kaskaskia was incorporated in 1725 and in the 1750 Fort Kaskaskia was built, but never completed, on Garrison Hill.
		In 1809, the territory of Illinois was established with Kaskaskia as its capital.
		Kaskaskia was the first capital of Illinois when statehood was achieved on December 3, 1818.
	members.tripod.com /IS335/kaskaskia.html (440 words)

	At Home: 1700: Convoy: The Village of Kaskaskia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The village was founded on a triangle of land where the Kaskaskia River and the Mississippi River met.
		The Jesuit mission was built on the banks of the Kaskaskia River followed by the homes of the settlers clustered together for safety.
		Across the river from the village, the men began to build a fort high upon the bluffs.
	www.museum.state.il.us /exhibits/athome/1700/activity/convoy/kask (166 words)

	Kaskaskia River: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Kaskaskia River is a tributary of the Mississippi River Mississippi River quick summary:
		The mississippi river is the second-longest river in the united states; the longest is the missouri river, which flows into the mississippi....
		The wabash river is a 475 mi (765 km) long river in the eastern united states that flows southwest from northwest ohio near st....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kaskaskia_river.htm (666 words)

	Kaskaskia River Basin Critical Trends Assessment - Page Ten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Kaskaskia River valley, with its quiet roads, beautiful scenery and rich farmland, is a haven for cyclists and Amish farmers alike.
		Further downstream, the Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (SFWA) flanks the lowermost 36 miles of the river from Fayetteville to the Mississippi River.
		The population trends in the rural counties of the Kaskaskia watershed are consistent with rural Illinois as a
	dnr.state.il.us /orep/c2000/assessments/kaskaskia/page10.htm (450 words)

	RIVER PROJECT DESCRIPTION
		The river bed downstream of the old Locks and Dam 26 at Alton was scouring and finally reached a point where the water surface at low flow resulted in less than nine-foot project depth over the lower concrete sills at the locks.
		Kaskaskia Lock and Dam is located at Kaskaskia River mile 0.8 on a reconstructed portion of the Kaskaskia River channel in Randolph County, Illinois approximately 20 miles north of Chester, Illinois.
		The river, its floodplain, and its adjacent upland corridor are essential to the survival and dispersal of a great portion of the vertebrate species (particularly birds, amphibians, and fish) and aquatic invertebrate species that inhabit this continent.
	www.mvs.usace.army.mil /pm/riverplan/Section2.html (6758 words)

	Kaskaskia Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Breese, formerly of Kaskaskia, the first capital of Illinois, was familiar with the plan by Gov. Shadrach Bond, back in 1818, to...
		At that time, the Mississippi River, which serves as the state's western border, cut across the village and took up a new channel through the Kaskaskia River.
		Kaskaskia is therefore the only part of Illinois west of the Mississippi.
	www.wikiverse.org /kaskaskia-illinois (489 words)

	Randolph County: Elected Offices
		Kaskaskia served as Illinois' first State Capital until 1820 when it was moved to Vandalia on the Kaskaskia River some 90 miles upstream.
		Kaskaskia continued as the Randolph County seat of government until the Flood of 1844 forced the County Seat to be relocated to Chester (Sparta also sought this designation!).
		The former Randolph County Courthouse met a kinder fate as it was later dismantled "brick by brick" and rebuilt as a schoolhouse in "new" Kaskaskia near the Church of The Immaculate Conception.
	www.randolphco.org /gov/history/index.cfm (774 words)

	Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge: Beaver Island Division
		Beaver Island is a 245-acre true island located at the confluence of the Kaskaskia and Mississippi rivers (River Mile 116 to 118).
		Its location at the confluence of the Kaskaskia, as well as some cobble and gravel substrate in the area, make it a good location for sturgeon and other native river fish.
		Kaskaskia was located about six miles upstream from the mouth of the Kaskaskia River until about 1880 when the Mississippi flooded, changed course, and captured the last six miles of the Kaskaskia River valley.
	www.fws.gov /midwest/middlemississippiriver/beaver_island.html (219 words)

	Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its western border with Missouri and Iowa is the Mississippi River.
		Its southern border with Kentucky is the Ohio River.
		The western section (west of the Illinois River) was originally part of the Military Tract of 1812 and forms the distinctive western bulge of state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Illinois (3947 words)

	L³ - The Lewis And Clark Rediscovery Project
		Kaskaskia was the most northwest post of the United States when Lewis and Clark arrived Nov. 28, 1803.
		With Kaskaskia's location along the Mississippi and at the mouth of the Kaskaskia River, the town grew into an important mercantile center.
		In 1725 Kaskaskia was born as a new town, and in 1750 Fort Kaskaskia was built on Garrison Hill, but it was never completed.
	www.l3-lewisandclark.com /ShowOneObject.asp?SiteID=79&ObjectID=874 (561 words)

	Illinois Flooding News
		Kaskaskia River at Carlyle is currently at a stage of 22.74 feet, quoted release of 10,000 cfs.
		Perry Draper is en route to Shelbyville to measure the Kaskaskia River at Shelbyville.
		Perry is heading to Kaskaskia River near Cowden for a measurement and eventually arriving at Vandalia.
	il.water.usgs.gov /flooddata/viewNews.cgi?date=20020506 (7288 words)

	DNR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Kaskaskia River remained essentially unchanged until the late 1960s when it was modified by channelization to promote commercial development and navigation.
		Concrete launch ramps are provided on the Kaskaskia River at Fayetteville, New Athens, on Highway 154 west of Baldwin, and at Evansville.
		Primitive camping and picnicking are permitted on lands adjacent to the river.
	dnr.state.il.us /lands/landmgt/PARKS/R4/kaskas.htm (979 words)

	Visitor's Guide to Kaskaskia - Randolph County, Illinois
		Kaskaskia was once a town of major importance in the region and the first capitol of the State of Illinois.
		The village of Kaskaskia was established in 1703 and its first were a few French traders, their Native American wives, and Father Marest.
		With the onset of the French and Indian War in 1756 and fearing attack, Fort Kaskaskia was built on Garrison Hill overlooking the town.
	www.greatriverroad.com /stegen/randattract/kaskaskia.htm (674 words)

	Kaskaskia articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kaskaskia KASKASKIA [Kaskaskia], small village, Randolph co., SE Ill., on Kaskaskia island in the Mississippi River where it is joined by the Kaskaskia River.
		Illinois ILLINOIS [Illinois], confederation of Native North Americans, comprising the Cahokia, the Kaskaskia, the Michigamea, the Moingwena, the Peoria, and the Tamaroa tribes.
		Mississippi MISSISSIPPI [Mississippi] river, principal river of the United States, c.2,350 mi (3,780 km) long, exceeded in length only by the Missouri River, the chief of its numerous tributaries.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printablenew/25151.html (450 words)

	Fishing the Kaskaskia River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The lower Kaskaskia River is about 36 miles in length from Fayetteville on the north to the confluence of the Mississippi River at the southern end.
		Fishing is the most popular activity on the river though it is used by pleasure boaters and personal water craft.
		The river is channelized and the shores are lined with rock.
	www.egyptian.net /~angling/page23.htm (265 words)

	THE CURSE OF KASKASKIA - ILLINOIS' LOST CAPITAL
		There still remains a portion of what was once Kaskaskia, which is accessible from Illinois today, but the peninsula is now an island, cut off from the state by a channel change in the Mississippi River that took place decades ago.
		The area grew and in 1804, Kaskaskia became a land-office town and the territorial capital in 1809.
		Kaskaskia was damned and would be destroyed, along with all of the land around it.
	www.prairieghosts.com /kaskaskia.html (1256 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		KASKASKIA [ Kaskaskia], small village, Randolph co., SE Ill., on Kaskaskia island in the Mississippi River where it is joined by the Kaskaskia River.
		Illinois senators and the congressmen in the Kaskaskia River watershed.
		Celebrating the attributes of the Kaskaskia River, the showcase is co-sponsored by the Lower Kaskaskia Stakeholders, Inc. (LKSI), Kaskaskia Watershed...
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=AO&refid=ency_refd&search_thesaurus=on&refid=ency%5Frefd&q=Kaskaskia (551 words)

	Kaskaskia History
		It was this village of Kaskaskia, in 1703, that Randolph county began.
		It was located approximately eighteen miles north of Kaskaskia, on the East side of the river, and was named to honor the son of the French regent.
		By all laws of nature, being so close to the river, the fort should have succumbed to the inevitable, the floods...but yet today sits proudly in the midst of flood plain land, a monument to the tenacity of the people determined to save the areas French heritage.
	www.randolphcountyillinois.net /sub1.htm (752 words)

	Kaskaskia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Illiniwek made war with French allies against the most formidable native to the east the Iroquois ; to the northwest the Sioux and the Fox ; to the south the Chickasaw and Cherokee ; to the west the Osage.
		The remnant of the Kaskaskia live in Oklahoma under the banner of the Confederated Tribe of Oklahoma.
		Kaskaskia River whose headwaters are near Champaign in central Illinois and whose mouth near Chester Illinois still carries the name of this nation who once settled throughout its estuarial Kaskaskia College is located in Centralia Illinois in Marion County.
	www.freeglossary.com /Kaskaskia (474 words)

	Fact Sheet for Antidegradation Assessment - Carlyle Lake Wildlife Management Area, Kaskaskia River
		The river segment ID for this stretch of the Kaskaskia River is O 08.
		The Kaskaskia River is listed as a Class C stream in the Agency's Biological Stream Characterization (BSC) system.
		The Kaskaskia River is not listed as biologically significant in the 1992 report “Biologically Significant Illinois Streams” by INHS, IDOC and IDENR nor in the Agency’s 1997 report “Evaluation of Illinois Sieved Stream Sediment Data 1982-1995.”
	www.epa.state.il.us /public-notices/2004/clwma-kaskaskia-river/fact-sheet.html (536 words)

	Illinois: Lake Shelbyville general fishing & recreational information. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir located ...
		Formed by a dam on the Kaskaskia River, Lake Shelbyville is situated between steep, rolling, wooded bluffs.
		The upper arms are formed by the West Okaw River to the north and the Kaskaskia to the east.
		Marinas: Three full-service marinas are available: Fox Harbor on the Kaskaskia River arm near Sullivan; Findlay, two miles east of Findlay, and Lithia Springs close to the dam which is situated one-half mile east of Shelbyville.
	www.ifishillinois.org /profiles/lakes/shelbygeninfo.htm (1432 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Upper Kaskaskia River Watershed covers a total of 992,822 acres in Piatt, Champaign, Macon, Moultrie, Douglas, Coles, Shelby, and Fayette Counties.
		Kaskaskia River A total of 114 stream miles of the Kaskaskia River are included in the Upper Kaskaskia River Watershed.
		Numerous contaminants were detected in sediment and fish flesh from the mainstream of the Kaskaskia River.
	www.isgs.uiuc.edu /field-trips/shelbyville/upper-kask.htm (409 words)

	DCHC - French Colonial Period to Statehood
		His companions carried him to the mouth of the Marquette River in the present state of Michigan, where he was buried.
		La Salle and Henri de Tonti reached the mouth of the Mississippi and took possession of the Mississippi River and all of its tributaries for King Louis XIV.
		Kaskaskia Indians move from Peoria to a place in the American Bottom near the Kaskaskia River.
	images.library.uiuc.edu /projects/dchc/french-timeline.htm (636 words)

	Kaskaskia Island,IL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This is Kaskaskia Island as seen from Kaskaskia State Park, on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, looking west.
		The white 'bar' like spot on the right, just at the Kaskaskia River opening, is a barge going upriver.
		There are several modern homes on the island at present, and the land was lush and green with crops.
	www.randolphcountyillinois.net /sub25.htm (295 words)

	News Release - Five Grants To Improve Water Quality In Southwestern And Central Illinois Announced By Illinois EPA On ...
		The announcements were made on a barge moored in the Mississippi River that is operated by the nationally-known "Living Lands and Waters" organization, that received one of the grants.
		The river cleanups are community-based and involve local volunteer participation from diverse communities.
		Kaskaskia River Water Quality Databank project will be developed by the Southwestern Illinois Resource Conservation and Development Council.
	www.epa.state.il.us /news-releases/2003/2003-102-water-grants.html (673 words)

	KASKASKIA RIVER BOTTOMS RRA, SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS, USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A complex of interconnected floodplain forests, wetlands, and flatwoods characterize the Kaskaskia bottomlands.
		The predominant natural features of the Kaskaskia Bottoms RRA are the large tracts of bottomland forest associated with the river and the river itself.
		The river in this area is fairly wide (up to 100 feet) with a sand, gravel, cobble, and silt substrate.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /cwe/rra/site25.html (297 words)

	Kaskaskia on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		KASKASKIA [Kaskaskia], small village, Randolph co., SE Ill., on Kaskaskia island in the Mississippi River where it is joined by the Kaskaskia River.
		The community declined after the capital was shifted (1820) to Vandalia; flooding from the Mississippi in the late 19th cent.
		Kaskaskia College Selects Higher Education Solutions from Datatel; Newly Signed Client Also Honored with 2005 Lincoln Bronze Award for Commitment to Excellence.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kaskaski.asp (377 words)

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