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Midwest, Illinois
Kaskaskia IL
Drowned first capital
Riverbank Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea potteryAlso reported: Long-shot colonial French material in slump banks; 19th-century river-town glass more likely..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1703-1881
The Mississippi destroyed the colonial capital in 1881 - documented; what survives is levee-locked island farmland.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
River isolation
levee access.
Keep exploring nearby
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