The original village of Kaskaskia where our state capitol was first located
did fall into the Mississippi River in the late 19th Century. Kaskaskia
Island is that part of Illinois that lays west of the Mississippi through
originally it lay on the west side of the Kaskaskia River and the
Mississippi ran on the west side. The church with the Liberty Bell of the
West is still on the island, though everything on the island did suffer from
the 1993 flood.
Sincerely,
Jon Musgrave
IllinoisHistory.com
-----Original Message-----
From: ilgen-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:ilgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Dorothy Falk
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:33 PM
To: ilgen(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [ILGEN] NOT A ROLL CALL MESSAGE!!
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17000.html (Cheryl: It's online,
therefore it is Gospel.)
Cook County Land area, 2000 (square miles) 946
McLean County
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,184
Kaskaskia: (It is still tourist attraction)
http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/1876hist.htm
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Kaskaskia,+Illinois
----- Original Message -----
From: Cheryl Rothwell
To: ilgen(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ILGEN] NOT A ROLL CALL MESSAGE!!
I knew all that EXCEPT I think I require proof that McLean is larger than
Cook in area.
Also, I believe the exact location of the original Kaskaskia went under
around 1820.
On 1/8/07, Scott Burow <sburow(a)swbell.net> wrote:
>
Now ... Illinois trivia for your reading perusal!
Did you know . . . On the west side of the Mississippi, close against
the
Missouri shore, is an island that is part of Illinois--although to
reach
it, you must cross over at Chester into Missouri. On this island is was
the
tiny village of Kaskaskia, Illinois - destroyed in 1993.
Did you know . . . McLean County is greatest in area, and Cook County is
largest in population among our counties? Both were named in honor of
early
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