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Fort Massac State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Log structure inside palisade fence
The 2002 reconstruction of the 1802 Fort Massac, with the Ohio River in the background. The original, 1757 French fort foundation impression, can be seen at center-right, beyond the trees.
LocationMassac County, Illinois
Nearest cityMetropolis, Illinois
Coordinates37°08′38″N 88°41′14″W / 37.14389°N 88.68722°W / 37.14389; -88.68722
Area1,450 acres (587 ha)
Established1908
Governing bodyIllinois Department of Natural Resources
Fort Massac Site
Nearest cityMetropolis, Illinois
Built1757
NRHP reference No.71000293[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1971

Fort Massac (or Fort Massiac) is a French colonial and early National-era fort on the Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois.

Its site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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IN THE EARLY DAYS OF COLONIZATION, THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY CONSISTED OF ENDLESS STRETCHES OF PRAIRIE. THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY CONSISTED OF ENDLESS STRETCHES OF PRAIRIE. IN THE SOUTH, SUNLIGHT WAS OF ENDLESS STRETCHES OF PRAIRIE. IN THE SOUTH, SUNLIGHT WAS CHOKED BY THE DENSE FOILAGE. IN THE SOUTH, SUNLIGHT WAS CHOKED BY THE DENSE FOILAGE. NO WONDER RIVERS WERE THE ROADS CHOKED BY THE DENSE FOILAGE. NO WONDER RIVERS WERE THE ROADS BACK THEN. NO WONDER RIVERS WERE THE ROADS BACK THEN. BUT WHAT COULD BRING COMMERCE BACK THEN. BUT WHAT COULD BRING COMMERCE COULD ALSO BRING INVADERS. HELLO, I AM JIM WILHELM. TODAY WE ARE VISITING ILLINOIS' FIRST STATE PARK WHICH IS TODAY WE ARE VISITING ILLINOIS' FIRST STATE PARK WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR METROPOLIS. FIRST STATE PARK WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR METROPOLIS. NATION'S WISHING TO CONTROL THE LOCATED NEAR METROPOLIS. NATION'S WISHING TO CONTROL THE INDIAN AND THE FUR TRADE OR THE NATION'S WISHING TO CONTROL THE INDIAN AND THE FUR TRADE OR THE FRONTIER LANDS, THIS WAS THE INDIAN AND THE FUR TRADE OR THE FRONTIER LANDS, THIS WAS THE STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT PLACE. FRONTIER LANDS, THIS WAS THE STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT PLACE. FRENCH INDIAN WAR BROKE OUT, STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT PLACE. FRENCH INDIAN WAR BROKE OUT, FRENCH COMMANDERS WERE WORRIED FRENCH INDIAN WAR BROKE OUT, FRENCH COMMANDERS WERE WORRIED ABOUT BRITISH INTRUSION INTO THE FRENCH COMMANDERS WERE WORRIED ABOUT BRITISH INTRUSION INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. ABOUT BRITISH INTRUSION INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. FROM FORT DESHARD, TROOPS WERE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. FROM FORT DESHARD, TROOPS WERE SENT TO BUILD A NEW FOR THE. THIS BLUFF IS A GREAT SPOT. 33 MILES DOWN RIVER IS THE MISSISSIPPI. 33 MILES DOWN RIVER IS THE MISSISSIPPI. JUST UP THERE BY THE BRIDGE IS MISSISSIPPI. JUST UP THERE BY THE BRIDGE IS THE JUNCTION OF THE CUMBERLAN JUST UP THERE BY THE BRIDGE IS THE JUNCTION OF THE CUMBERLAN AND TENNESSEE RIVERS. THE JUNCTION OF THE CUMBERLAN AND TENNESSEE RIVERS. FROM THIS SPOT, SOLDIERS COULD AND TENNESSEE RIVERS. FROM THIS SPOT, SOLDIERS COULD SEE ANYTHING COMING UP FROM THE FROM THIS SPOT, SOLDIERS COULD SEE ANYTHING COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH OR ANYTHING COMING FROM SEE ANYTHING COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH OR ANYTHING COMING FROM THE WEST. SOUTH OR ANYTHING COMING FROM THE WEST. TODAY VISITORS CAN WANDER THE WEST. TODAY VISITORS CAN WANDER THROUGH THE ORIGINAL FOR THE TODAY VISITORS CAN WANDER THROUGH THE ORIGINAL FOR THE SITE AS UNCOVERED BY OR KEY THROUGH THE ORIGINAL FOR THE SITE AS UNCOVERED BY OR KEY LOGICAL DIGS. SITE AS UNCOVERED BY OR KEY LOGICAL DIGS. CLOSE BY IS THE MUSEUM HOUSING LOGICAL DIGS. CLOSE BY IS THE MUSEUM HOUSING ARTIFACTS AND TELL THE STORY OF CLOSE BY IS THE MUSEUM HOUSING ARTIFACTS AND TELL THE STORY OF THE SEVERAL STRUCTURES THAT ARTIFACTS AND TELL THE STORY OF THE SEVERAL STRUCTURES THAT STOOD ON THE SAME SPOT. THE SEVERAL STRUCTURES THAT STOOD ON THE SAME SPOT. THREE FORTS WERE BUILT ON THIS STOOD ON THE SAME SPOT. THREE FORTS WERE BUILT ON THIS SPOT. THREE FORTS WERE BUILT ON THIS SPOT. THE FIRST IN 1857 WAS TO HAVE SPOT. THE FIRST IN 1857 WAS TO HAVE HAD STONE WALLS LIKE DE SHARD, THE FIRST IN 1857 WAS TO HAVE HAD STONE WALLS LIKE DE SHARD, BUT MONEY AND MATERIALS WERE IN HAD STONE WALLS LIKE DE SHARD, BUT MONEY AND MATERIALS WERE IN SHORT SUPPLY. BUT MONEY AND MATERIALS WERE IN SHORT SUPPLY. SO THEY USED TREES FOUND ALONG SHORT SUPPLY. SO THEY USED TREES FOUND ALONG THE RIVER BANKS SUCH AS BIRCH SO THEY USED TREES FOUND ALONG THE RIVER BANKS SUCH AS BIRCH AND COTTONWOOD. THE RIVER BANKS SUCH AS BIRCH AND COTTONWOOD. UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE SOFT AND COTTONWOOD. UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE SOFT WOODS BEING AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE SOFT WOODS BEING AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AND HASTY CONSTRUCTION, THE FOR WOODS BEING AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AND HASTY CONSTRUCTION, THE FOR THE HAD TO BE REBUILT JUST TWO AND HASTY CONSTRUCTION, THE FOR THE HAD TO BE REBUILT JUST TWO YEARS LATER. THE HAD TO BE REBUILT JUST TWO YEARS LATER. THAT NEW STRUCTURE WAS NAMED YEARS LATER. THAT NEW STRUCTURE WAS NAMED MASSIC AFTER FRENCH MASTER OF THAT NEW STRUCTURE WAS NAMED MASSIC AFTER FRENCH MASTER OF COLONIAL AFFAIRS. MASSIC AFTER FRENCH MASTER OF COLONIAL AFFAIRS. AT THE CORNER IS THE FRENCH MADE COLONIAL AFFAIRS. AT THE CORNER IS THE FRENCH MADE BASTIELS RACED PLATFORMS FOR AT THE CORNER IS THE FRENCH MADE BASTIELS RACED PLATFORMS FOR CANNONS. BASTIELS RACED PLATFORMS FOR CANNONS. AGAINST THE WALLS WERE THE CANNONS. AGAINST THE WALLS WERE THE BUILDINGS THAT HELD THE LIVING AGAINST THE WALLS WERE THE BUILDINGS THAT HELD THE LIVING QUARTERS, KITCHEN AND POWDER BUILDINGS THAT HELD THE LIVING QUARTERS, KITCHEN AND POWDER ROOM. QUARTERS, KITCHEN AND POWDER ROOM. ONLY TIME THE FOR THE'S DEFENSES ROOM. ONLY TIME THE FOR THE'S DEFENSES WERE TESTED OCCURRED SOMETIME ONLY TIME THE FOR THE'S DEFENSES WERE TESTED OCCURRED SOMETIME LATER WHEN CHEROKEE INDIANS WERE TESTED OCCURRED SOMETIME LATER WHEN CHEROKEE INDIANS UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACKED. LATER WHEN CHEROKEE INDIANS UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACKED. IT WAS THE ONLY BATTLE EVER UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACKED. IT WAS THE ONLY BATTLE EVER FOUGHT HERE. IT WAS THE ONLY BATTLE EVER FOUGHT HERE. MEANWHILE, THE SUN WAS ABOUT TO FOUGHT HERE. MEANWHILE, THE SUN WAS ABOUT TO SET ON FRANCE'S NEW WORLD. THE WAR WAS NOT GOING WELL, AND THESE WALLS HERE WERE A HAVEN FOR TROOPS FLEEING THE ADVANCING THESE WALLS HERE WERE A HAVEN FOR TROOPS FLEEING THE ADVANCING BRITISH. FOR TROOPS FLEEING THE ADVANCING BRITISH. OH, AND FURTHER EVIDENCE OF BRITISH. OH, AND FURTHER EVIDENCE OF FRANCE'S DECLINING INFLUENCE WAS OH, AND FURTHER EVIDENCE OF FRANCE'S DECLINING INFLUENCE WAS THAT MASSAC WAS THE LAST FRENCH FRANCE'S DECLINING INFLUENCE WAS THAT MASSAC WAS THE LAST FRENCH FOR THE BUILT IN NORTH AMERICA. IN 1763, THE TREATY OF PARIS WAS SIGNED OFFICIALLY ENDING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. SIGNED OFFICIALLY ENDING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. LANDS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. LANDS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI HAD BEEN SEATED TO SPAIN. THOSE LANDS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI HAD BEEN SEATED TO SPAIN. THOSE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI NOW HAD BEEN SEATED TO SPAIN. THOSE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI NOW BELONG TO BRITAIN. EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI NOW BELONG TO BRITAIN. AFTER THE LAST FRENCH TROOPS BELONG TO BRITAIN. AFTER THE LAST FRENCH TROOPS LEFT, LOCAL INDIANS BURNED THE AFTER THE LAST FRENCH TROOPS LEFT, LOCAL INDIANS BURNED THE FOR THE REDUCING TO CHARRED LEFT, LOCAL INDIANS BURNED THE FOR THE REDUCING TO CHARRED REMAINS THIS OUTPOST OF THE ONCE FOR THE REDUCING TO CHARRED REMAINS THIS OUTPOST OF THE ONCE MIGHTY EMPIRE. REMAINS THIS OUTPOST OF THE ONCE MIGHTY EMPIRE. WHEN THE BRITISH CAME TO MIGHTY EMPIRE. WHEN THE BRITISH CAME TO FORMALLY TAKE POSSESSION, THEY WHEN THE BRITISH CAME TO FORMALLY TAKE POSSESSION, THEY DISCOVER THE FOR THE WAS GONE FORMALLY TAKE POSSESSION, THEY DISCOVER THE FOR THE WAS GONE AND CONTINUED ONTO DE SHARDS. DISCOVER THE FOR THE WAS GONE AND CONTINUED ONTO DE SHARDS. WHILE THE BRITISH HAD NO NEED TO AND CONTINUED ONTO DE SHARDS. WHILE THE BRITISH HAD NO NEED TO REBUILD THE FOR THE, THEY DID WHILE THE BRITISH HAD NO NEED TO REBUILD THE FOR THE, THEY DID LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION. REBUILD THE FOR THE, THEY DID LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION. APPARENTLY THEY HAD TROUBLE LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION. APPARENTLY THEY HAD TROUBLE PRONOUNCING THE NAME, THEY JUST APPARENTLY THEY HAD TROUBLE PRONOUNCING THE NAME, THEY JUST SHORTENED IT TO MASSAC, AND THAT PRONOUNCING THE NAME, THEY JUST SHORTENED IT TO MASSAC, AND THAT NEW NAME HAS BEEN USED EVER SHORTENED IT TO MASSAC, AND THAT NEW NAME HAS BEEN USED EVER SINCE. NEW NAME HAS BEEN USED EVER SINCE. IN 1778, 13 YEARS AFTER THE SINCE. IN 1778, 13 YEARS AFTER THE BRITISH CLAIMED THE FOR THE, IN 1778, 13 YEARS AFTER THE BRITISH CLAIMED THE FOR THE, ANOTHER MILITARY INVADER ARRIVED BRITISH CLAIMED THE FOR THE, ANOTHER MILITARY INVADER ARRIVED REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WEST VIRGINIA ANOTHER MILITARY INVADER ARRIVED REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR PATRICK HENRY WANTED TO REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR PATRICK HENRY WANTED TO SOLIDIFY HIS STATE'S CLAIMS TO GOVERNOR PATRICK HENRY WANTED TO SOLIDIFY HIS STATE'S CLAIMS TO THE LANDS. SOLIDIFY HIS STATE'S CLAIMS TO THE LANDS. HE ORDERED A FORCE TO CAPTURE THE LANDS. HE ORDERED A FORCE TO CAPTURE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS. HE ORDERED A FORCE TO CAPTURE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS. TODAY A STATUE COMMEMORATES THE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS. TODAY A STATUE COMMEMORATES THE LEADER, GEORGE ROGERS CLARK. TODAY A STATUE COMMEMORATES THE LEADER, GEORGE ROGERS CLARK. HE CAME HERE NOT REALIZING THAT LEADER, GEORGE ROGERS CLARK. HE CAME HERE NOT REALIZING THAT FOR THE MASSAC HAD BEEN HE CAME HERE NOT REALIZING THAT FOR THE MASSAC HAD BEEN ABANDONED. FOR THE MASSAC HAD BEEN ABANDONED. HE WENT ONTO CAPTURE KASKASKIA ABANDONED. HE WENT ONTO CAPTURE KASKASKIA WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT, AND THEN HE WENT ONTO CAPTURE KASKASKIA WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT, AND THEN HE WENT ONTO TAKE VINCENNES. WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT, AND THEN HE WENT ONTO TAKE VINCENNES. >> AMERICA NOW OWNED THE LAND, HE WENT ONTO TAKE VINCENNES. >> AMERICA NOW OWNED THE LAND, BUT PROBLEMS STILL AROSE AFTER >> AMERICA NOW OWNED THE LAND, BUT PROBLEMS STILL AROSE AFTER THE WAR. BUT PROBLEMS STILL AROSE AFTER THE WAR. LOCAL INDIAN TRIBES WERE VERY THE WAR. LOCAL INDIAN TRIBES WERE VERY HOSTILE TO THE IDEA OF NEW LOCAL INDIAN TRIBES WERE VERY HOSTILE TO THE IDEA OF NEW SETTLERS, AND SPAIN, WHICH STILL HOSTILE TO THE IDEA OF NEW SETTLERS, AND SPAIN, WHICH STILL CONTROLLED THE LAND IN THE WEST, SETTLERS, AND SPAIN, WHICH STILL CONTROLLED THE LAND IN THE WEST, WAS EYEING THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY. IN 1794, PRESIDENT WASHINGTON ORDERED GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE TO REBUILD THE FOR THE. ORDERED GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE TO REBUILD THE FOR THE. WHEN THE AMERICANS ARRIVED, THEY REBUILD THE FOR THE. WHEN THE AMERICANS ARRIVED, THEY LIKED THE STYLE OF THE FRENCH WHEN THE AMERICANS ARRIVED, THEY LIKED THE STYLE OF THE FRENCH FOR THE SO MUCH THEY BUILT LIKED THE STYLE OF THE FRENCH FOR THE SO MUCH THEY BUILT THEIR'S RIGHT ON TOP OF IT, FOR THE SO MUCH THEY BUILT THEIR'S RIGHT ON TOP OF IT, USING THE OUTLINE OF THE OLD FOR THEIR'S RIGHT ON TOP OF IT, USING THE OUTLINE OF THE OLD FOR THE. USING THE OUTLINE OF THE OLD FOR THE. NEXT TO THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE THE. NEXT TO THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE STANDS REPRODUCTION OF THE NEXT TO THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE STANDS REPRODUCTION OF THE AMERICAN FOR THE. STANDS REPRODUCTION OF THE AMERICAN FOR THE. INSTEAD OF BASTIOLNS, BLACK WERE AMERICAN FOR THE. INSTEAD OF BASTIOLNS, BLACK WERE PROVIDED, IT PROVIDED ELEVATED INSTEAD OF BASTIOLNS, BLACK WERE PROVIDED, IT PROVIDED ELEVATED LOOK OUT BUT EXTRA LIVING PROVIDED, IT PROVIDED ELEVATED LOOK OUT BUT EXTRA LIVING QUARTERS FOR SOME OF THE MEN. LOOK OUT BUT EXTRA LIVING QUARTERS FOR SOME OF THE MEN. TWO YEARS AFTER ITS COMPLETION, QUARTERS FOR SOME OF THE MEN. TWO YEARS AFTER ITS COMPLETION, SPAIN DECIDED TO TEST AMERICA'S TWO YEARS AFTER ITS COMPLETION, SPAIN DECIDED TO TEST AMERICA'S RESOLVE. SPAIN DECIDED TO TEST AMERICA'S RESOLVE. A GUN BOAT ARMED WITH ONE SIX RESOLVE. A GUN BOAT ARMED WITH ONE SIX POUND CANNON AND EIGHT SWIVEL A GUN BOAT ARMED WITH ONE SIX POUND CANNON AND EIGHT SWIVEL GUNS WAS SENT UP THE RIVER. POUND CANNON AND EIGHT SWIVEL GUNS WAS SENT UP THE RIVER. CAPTAIN PIKE, COMMANDER, ORDERED GUNS WAS SENT UP THE RIVER. CAPTAIN PIKE, COMMANDER, ORDERED A SHOT FIRED ACROSS THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN PIKE, COMMANDER, ORDERED A SHOT FIRED ACROSS THE SHIP'S BOUGH. A SHOT FIRED ACROSS THE SHIP'S BOUGH. THE SHIP TURNED AROUND AND AFTER BOUGH. THE SHIP TURNED AROUND AND AFTER FILING A PROTEST WENT HOME. THE SHIP TURNED AROUND AND AFTER FILING A PROTEST WENT HOME. THE CAPTAIN WHO ORDERED THAT FILING A PROTEST WENT HOME. THE CAPTAIN WHO ORDERED THAT SHOT WAS ZEBULIN PIKE, THE SAME THE CAPTAIN WHO ORDERED THAT SHOT WAS ZEBULIN PIKE, THE SAME MEN WHO LED TWO EXPEDITIONS SHOT WAS ZEBULIN PIKE, THE SAME MEN WHO LED TWO EXPEDITIONS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND MEN WHO LED TWO EXPEDITIONS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND FOR WHOM PIKE'S PEAK IS NAMED. THE YEAR IS 1799. A NEW CENTURY LOOMS ON THE HORIZON. A NEW CENTURY LOOMS ON THE HORIZON. SETTLEMENTS ARE SPRINGING UP IN HORIZON. SETTLEMENTS ARE SPRINGING UP IN THE NEW TERRITORY, AND TRAFFIC SETTLEMENTS ARE SPRINGING UP IN THE NEW TERRITORY, AND TRAFFIC IS INCREASING ON THE OHIO RIVER. THE NEW TERRITORY, AND TRAFFIC IS INCREASING ON THE OHIO RIVER. HERE U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT IS INCREASING ON THE OHIO RIVER. HERE U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT SETS UP A CUSTOMS OFFICE TO HERE U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT SETS UP A CUSTOMS OFFICE TO COLLECT TAXES ON GOODS BEING SETS UP A CUSTOMS OFFICE TO COLLECT TAXES ON GOODS BEING SHIPPED. COLLECT TAXES ON GOODS BEING SHIPPED. DURING THE DAY AN OFFICER KEEPS SHIPPED. DURING THE DAY AN OFFICER KEEPS WATCH TO ENSURE ALL FLAT BOATS DURING THE DAY AN OFFICER KEEPS WATCH TO ENSURE ALL FLAT BOATS STOP AT THE FOR THE. THE FOR THE BECOMES A SAFE HAVEN FOR WEARY TRAVELERS, PLUS IT IS ALSO A GATEWAY INTO ILLINOIS FOR FOR WEARY TRAVELERS, PLUS IT IS ALSO A GATEWAY INTO ILLINOIS FOR MANY SETTLERS, AND THE CLARK ALSO A GATEWAY INTO ILLINOIS FOR MANY SETTLERS, AND THE CLARK FAMILY RETURNS. MANY SETTLERS, AND THE CLARK FAMILY RETURNS. THIS TIME YOUNGER BROTHER FAMILY RETURNS. THIS TIME YOUNGER BROTHER WILLIAM ALONG WITH MARY WEATHER THIS TIME YOUNGER BROTHER WILLIAM ALONG WITH MARY WEATHER LEWIS BEGINS THEIR FAMOUS WILLIAM ALONG WITH MARY WEATHER LEWIS BEGINS THEIR FAMOUS JOURNEY TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. LEWIS BEGINS THEIR FAMOUS JOURNEY TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. IN FACT, THEY HIRE A LOCAL JOURNEY TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. IN FACT, THEY HIRE A LOCAL FRENCH MAN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE IN FACT, THEY HIRE A LOCAL FRENCH MAN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE JULIARD, A SKILLED HUNTER AND FRENCH MAN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE JULIARD, A SKILLED HUNTER AND EXPERT IN BOTH INDIAN AND SIGN JULIARD, A SKILLED HUNTER AND EXPERT IN BOTH INDIAN AND SIGN LANGUAGES. EXPERT IN BOTH INDIAN AND SIGN LANGUAGES. BUT THE FRONTIER IS MOVING WEST. LANGUAGES. BUT THE FRONTIER IS MOVING WEST. ILLINOIS IS BECOMING SETTLED. BUT THE FRONTIER IS MOVING WEST. ILLINOIS IS BECOMING SETTLED. >> IN 1811, THE MOST POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE EVER RECORDED IN NORTH AMERICA ROCKED THE U.S. EARTHQUAKE EVER RECORDED IN NORTH AMERICA ROCKED THE U.S. THE NEW MAD MADRID QUAKE WAS NORTH AMERICA ROCKED THE U.S. THE NEW MAD MADRID QUAKE WAS FELT AS FAR EAST AS BALTIMORE. THE NEW MAD MADRID QUAKE WAS FELT AS FAR EAST AS BALTIMORE. IT CAUSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FELT AS FAR EAST AS BALTIMORE. IT CAUSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO FLOW NORTH WARD AND IT ALSO IT CAUSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO FLOW NORTH WARD AND IT ALSO DESTROYED THE FOR THE. TO FLOW NORTH WARD AND IT ALSO DESTROYED THE FOR THE. BEFORE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED, DESTROYED THE FOR THE. BEFORE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED, THE WAR OF 1812 ERUPTS AS BEFORE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED, THE WAR OF 1812 ERUPTS AS RECRUITS ARE RUSHED HERE FOR THE WAR OF 1812 ERUPTS AS RECRUITS ARE RUSHED HERE FOR TRAINING. RECRUITS ARE RUSHED HERE FOR TRAINING. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARRIVE JUST TRAINING. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARRIVE JUST IN TIME TO EXPERIENCE A HARSH UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARRIVE JUST IN TIME TO EXPERIENCE A HARSH WINTER. IN TIME TO EXPERIENCE A HARSH WINTER. INADEQUATE SHELTER, PLUS LACK OF WINTER. INADEQUATE SHELTER, PLUS LACK OF CLOTHING AND FOOD SUPPLIES LEADS INADEQUATE SHELTER, PLUS LACK OF CLOTHING AND FOOD SUPPLIES LEADS TO MANY DEATHS. CLOTHING AND FOOD SUPPLIES LEADS TO MANY DEATHS. THE REPAIRS ARE NEVER COMPLETED. TO MANY DEATHS. THE REPAIRS ARE NEVER COMPLETED. AFTER THE WAR, SINCE THE THE REPAIRS ARE NEVER COMPLETED. AFTER THE WAR, SINCE THE FRONTIER HAS MOVED WEST AND NO AFTER THE WAR, SINCE THE FRONTIER HAS MOVED WEST AND NO LONGER IN ILLINOIS, THE FOR THE FRONTIER HAS MOVED WEST AND NO LONGER IN ILLINOIS, THE FOR THE IS ABANDONED. LONGER IN ILLINOIS, THE FOR THE IS ABANDONED. CARETAKER IS ASSIGNED TO LOOK IS ABANDONED. CARETAKER IS ASSIGNED TO LOOK AFTER THE WALL, BUT HE SELLS OFF CARETAKER IS ASSIGNED TO LOOK AFTER THE WALL, BUT HE SELLS OFF THE WOOD TO PASSING STEAMSHIP AFTER THE WALL, BUT HE SELLS OFF THE WOOD TO PASSING STEAMSHIP LINES FOR FUEL. THE WOOD TO PASSING STEAMSHIP LINES FOR FUEL. ONCE AGAIN THE FOR THE LINES FOR FUEL. ONCE AGAIN THE FOR THE DISAPPEARS FROM THE BANKS OF THE ONCE AGAIN THE FOR THE DISAPPEARS FROM THE BANKS OF THE OHIO RIVER. BUT IT IS USED ONE DISAPPEARS FROM THE BANKS OF THE OHIO RIVER. BUT IT IS USED ONE MORE TIME FOR MILITARY PURPOSES OHIO RIVER. BUT IT IS USED ONE MORE TIME FOR MILITARY PURPOSES WHEN A CAMP IS ESTABLISHED MORE TIME FOR MILITARY PURPOSES WHEN A CAMP IS ESTABLISHED DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO PROTECT WHEN A CAMP IS ESTABLISHED DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO PROTECT ILLINOIS FROM ANOTHER FEARED DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO PROTECT ILLINOIS FROM ANOTHER FEARED INVASION. ILLINOIS FROM ANOTHER FEARED INVASION. THOSE SOLDIERS ARE NOT HERE LONG INVASION. THOSE SOLDIERS ARE NOT HERE LONG BEFORE A MEASLES EPIDEMIC SWEEPS THOSE SOLDIERS ARE NOT HERE LONG BEFORE A MEASLES EPIDEMIC SWEEPS THE CAMP FORCING IT'S A BAN BEFORE A MEASLES EPIDEMIC SWEEPS THE CAMP FORCING IT'S A BAN DONMENT. THE CAMP FORCING IT'S A BAN DONMENT. AT THAT TIME, FOR THE MASSAC DONMENT. AT THAT TIME, FOR THE MASSAC SEEMS DEFENDANT CONTINUED FOR AT THAT TIME, FOR THE MASSAC SEEMS DEFENDANT CONTINUED FOR THE PAGES OF HISTORY. SHORTLY AFTER THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION CONVINCED CENTURY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION CONVINCED THE LEGISLATURE IN SPRINGFIELD AMERICAN REVOLUTION CONVINCED THE LEGISLATURE IN SPRINGFIELD TO PURCHASE THIS SITE ALONG WITH THE LEGISLATURE IN SPRINGFIELD TO PURCHASE THIS SITE ALONG WITH 24 ACRES. TO PURCHASE THIS SITE ALONG WITH 24 ACRES. IN 1908, IT WAS DEDICATED AS 24 ACRES. IN 1908, IT WAS DEDICATED AS FIRST STATE MARK IN ILLINOIS. IN 1908, IT WAS DEDICATED AS FIRST STATE MARK IN ILLINOIS. >> SINCE THEN, AS WE HAVE SEEN, FIRST STATE MARK IN ILLINOIS. >> SINCE THEN, AS WE HAVE SEEN, IN 1939, ARCHEOLOGICAL >> SINCE THEN, AS WE HAVE SEEN, IN 1939, ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS DEFINE THE IN 1939, ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS DEFINE THE PERIMETERS OF THE ORIGINAL FOR EXCAVATIONS DEFINE THE PERIMETERS OF THE ORIGINAL FOR THE AND LATER RECONSTRUCTION OF PERIMETERS OF THE ORIGINAL FOR THE AND LATER RECONSTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN FOR THE WAS THE AND LATER RECONSTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN FOR THE WAS COMPLETED. THE AMERICAN FOR THE WAS COMPLETED. BUT THE PARK IS MUCH MORE THAN COMPLETED. BUT THE PARK IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A LIVING HISTORY. BUT THE PARK IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A LIVING HISTORY. TODAY IT IS VISTA OF THE OHIO JUST A LIVING HISTORY. TODAY IT IS VISTA OF THE OHIO RIVER BRINGS NOT SOLDIERS, BUT TODAY IT IS VISTA OF THE OHIO RIVER BRINGS NOT SOLDIERS, BUT VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE RIVER BRINGS NOT SOLDIERS, BUT VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PARK HAS GROWN TO COUNTRY. THE PARK HAS GROWN TO 1,450 ACRES WHICH OFFER HIKING THE PARK HAS GROWN TO 1,450 ACRES WHICH OFFER HIKING AND CAMPING FACILITIES, THERE IS 1,450 ACRES WHICH OFFER HIKING AND CAMPING FACILITIES, THERE IS EVEN A SECTION SET ASIDE FOR AND CAMPING FACILITIES, THERE IS EVEN A SECTION SET ASIDE FOR DEER AND SMALL GAME HUNTING. EVEN A SECTION SET ASIDE FOR DEER AND SMALL GAME HUNTING. WHILE BOATS STILL ARRIVE AND DEER AND SMALL GAME HUNTING. WHILE BOATS STILL ARRIVE AND DEPART FROM THE FOOT OF THE FOR WHILE BOATS STILL ARRIVE AND DEPART FROM THE FOOT OF THE FOR THE, THEY ARE NOT GUN BOATS, NOT DEPART FROM THE FOOT OF THE FOR THE, THEY ARE NOT GUN BOATS, NOT COMMERCIAL SHIPS, BUT PLEASURE THE, THEY ARE NOT GUN BOATS, NOT COMMERCIAL SHIPS, BUT PLEASURE BOATS. EACH OCTOBER, DURING THE THIRD WEEKEND, THIS AREA COMES ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF DRUMS AND WEEKEND, THIS AREA COMES ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF DRUMS AND BATTLES. WITH THE SOUND OF DRUMS AND BATTLES. IT IS A SPECIAL TWO DAY EVENT BATTLES. IT IS A SPECIAL TWO DAY EVENT CALLED FOR THE MASSAC EN IT IS A SPECIAL TWO DAY EVENT CALLED FOR THE MASSAC EN ENCAMPMENT WITH PEOPLE IN PERIOD CALLED FOR THE MASSAC EN ENCAMPMENT WITH PEOPLE IN PERIOD COSTUMES RECREATING LIFE IN THE ENCAMPMENT WITH PEOPLE IN PERIOD COSTUMES RECREATING LIFE IN THE FOR THE FROM EARLY FRENCH DAYS COSTUMES RECREATING LIFE IN THE FOR THE FROM EARLY FRENCH DAYS TO ABOUT 1820. FOR THE FROM EARLY FRENCH DAYS TO ABOUT 1820. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TO ABOUT 1820. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARK AND ITS SPECIAL EVENTS CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARK AND ITS SPECIAL EVENTS CALL (618)524-9321.

History

The Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his soldiers may have built a fort nearby as early as 1540. Maps from the early 18th century show an "Ancien Fort" ("Old Fort") near this location.[2]

Fort Massac foundation impression, photograph pre-1920.
The reconstructed Fort Massac facing the Ohio River shoreline in 2010

Fort Massac was built by the French in 1757, during the French and Indian War and was originally called "Fort de L’Ascension." The name was changed in 1759, to honor of Claud Louis d'Espinchal, Marquis de Massiac, the French Naval Minister.[3] Massiac is a French town in the Cantal department.

The French left the fort at the conclusion of the war, and it was destroyed by the Chickasaw sometime after 1763. In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, Colonel George Rogers Clark led his regiment of "Long Knives" into Illinois near the site of the fort at Massac Creek.[a] The fort was rebuilt in 1794, during the Northwest Indian War.[2]

In the fall of 1803, the Lewis and Clark Expedition stopped at Fort Massac on its way west, recruiting two volunteers.[4]

In 1805, General James Wilkinson and Vice President Aaron Burr held discussions at the fort. It is unclear, what connection this meeting may have had to the unfolding Burr Conspiracy (1806-1807), but as an important river fort in what was then the western United States, the fort was connected to several events related to the conspiracy.[5]

The Fort was repaired after being damaged in the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes, but it was decommissioned in 1814.[2]

State park and historic site

The Fort Massac site became the first Illinois state park in 1908. In the 1970s, a partial reconstruction of the 1794 U.S. Army fort was built, but in 2002, it was torn down, and a smaller but more detailed version fort as it appeared in 1802 was reconstructed.

Each fall, reenactors gather for the Fort Massac Encampment, which interprets life in the 18th century. A visitor center just north of the reconstruction includes a museum with Indian artifacts, mannequins in period clothing, and other exhibits that explain the history of the fort.[b]

Notes

  1. ^ Clark eventually captured the Illinois area for the State of Virginia.
  2. ^ A scale model, built and donated by Mike Gaia of Paducah, KY, is displayed in the museum.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "About Fort Massac State Park". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Fort Massac State Park website". DNR State Illinois. Archived from the original on 2010-04-21.
  4. ^ "Fort Massac Site: Lewis and Clark Expedition: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". US National Park Service. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ Caldwell, Norman W. (1951). "Fort Massac: since 1805". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 44: 47‑60.

Further reading

  • Caldwell, N.W. (1950) "Fort Massac: The American Frontier Post: 1778-1805," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society.
  • Rothert, Otto A. The Outlaws of Cave-In-Rock, Otto A. Rothert, Cleveland 1924; rpt. 1996 ISBN 0-8093-2034-7
  • Underwood, Thomas Taylor. Journal, Thomas Taylor Underwood, March 26, 1792, to March 18, 1800: an old soldier in Wayne's Army, Publisher Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio, 1945

External links

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