I took Molly to Fort de Charters in Prairie du
Rocher, IL.
Fort de Chartres is the last of
three eighteenth-century forts by that name erected near the Mississippi River
by France's colonial government. From 1720 to 1763 French administration of the
Illinois Country was centered at the forts, built successively over a 40-year
period on or near the same site. 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.
The total distance that Molly and I traveled was 122 miles.
This brings our class total to 4,547.33miles.
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