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Kaskaskia

American  
[kuhs-kas-kee-uh] / kəsˈkæs ki ə /

noun

  1. a river in E central Illinois, flowing SW to the Mississippi River. 320 miles (515 km) long.


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Nance was born in 1813 in Kaskaskia, which then hosted the Illinois Territory General Assembly.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 14, 2021

They attended Centralia Community College, now known as Kaskaskia College, in Centralia, Illinois, for two years.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2019

The American Fort Kaskaskia was constructed at a second site, up the hill from the earthen berms from the French fort.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2018

He was a persuasive door-to-door magazine salesman, stoked the furnace and rang the bell at the Christ Episcopal Church, and dived for mussels in the Kaskaskia River every summer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clark left in his new fort on this island about thirteen families, when he proceeded on his journey to Kaskaskia.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Ben Casseday

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