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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
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This area was occupied by various cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years before European contact. Evidence has been found of indigenous occupancy since the Archaic Period (8000 to 2000 BCE). More development took place in the Early Woodland period, such as the Adena culture (1000 to 200 BCE). Middle and Late Woodland occupancy continued to about 1000CE, before the rise of the Mississippian culture along the Mississippi River and its major tributaries. It influenced a continent-wide trading and cultural network.
The most complex and last indigenous culture was that of the Mississippian. The people at this time developed a large settlement during the period 1050CE to 1400-1450CE. At what is known as the Kincaid Site, considered a chiefdom of a stratified society, the people built a total of 19 complex earthwork mounds, including an elite burial mound,[3] and great plaza as the monuments at the center of a large residential settlement.[4]
This site is now operated by the state and is designated as a National Historic Landmark. The people abandoned the site about 1500, perhaps because of environmental reasons, such as running out of timber or game. No evidence has been found that any historic Native American tribes occupied the site in the centuries before European-American settlement. This did not take place until three centuries later, with most occurring 400 years later.
After the American Revolution, initially this area was settled by people from the South, who migrated along the Ohio River. Southern Illinois was given the colloquial name of "Little Egypt." Massac County was not formally organized until February 8, 1843, when population had increased, and it was made up of territory from both Johnson and Pope counties. It was developed for agriculture.
In the mid-19th century, after the revolutions of 1848, Illinois received many German immigrants, who changed the politics of the county. They were pro-Union and the Republican Party at the time of the American Civil War and after, whereas the ethnic Southerners had favored the Confederacy and Democratic Party. The ethnic German descendants today comprise nearly one-third of the population of Massac County.
Massac County at the time of its creation in 1843
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 242 square miles (630 km2), of which 237 square miles (610 km2) is land and 4.6 square miles (12 km2) (1.9%) is water.[6]
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Metropolis have ranged from a low of 25 °F (−4 °C) in January to a high of 90 °F (32 °C) in July, although a record low of −21 °F (−29 °C) was recorded in January 1984 and a record high of 105 °F (41 °C) was recorded in July 1999. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 3.00 inches (76 mm) in August to 4.76 inches (121 mm) in May.[7]
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 15,429 people, 6,362 households, and 4,242 families residing in the county.[13] The population density was 65.0 inhabitants per square mile (25.1/km2). There were 7,113 housing units at an average density of 30.0 per square mile (11.6/km2).[6] The racial makeup of the county was 91.0% white, 5.9% black or African American, 0.4% American Indian, 0.3% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 2.0% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.9% of the population.[13] In terms of ancestry, 25.7% were German, 16.1% were Irish, 8.5% were English, and 8.5% were American.[14]
Of the 6,362 households, 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.3% were non-families, and 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.91. The median age was 42.1 years.[13]
The median income for a household in the county was $41,077 and the median income for a family was $51,794. Males had a median income of $46,231 versus $25,717 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,216. About 9.7% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.[15]
In its pre-Civil War history, the people of Massac County, which like most of Southern Illinois was settled by Southerners, were strongly Democratic. While Illinois was a free state, people of this region were opposed to the abolitionist politics of the northern regions of the state. County voters chose Democratic candidates in every Presidential election up to and including 1860.
But the region also had numerous ethnic Germans who had arrived after the revolutions of 1848. They favored the Union, and provided a number of Union soldiers rivaled on a per-capita basis only by a few fiercely Unionist counties in Appalachia.[16][17] For the next century, Massac County voters favored Republican candidates for the presidency. During this period, the county's voters gave a plurality to every Republican nominee. They supported William Howard Taft in 1912, when the GOP was bitterly divided. During the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt lost the county in 1936 by a greater margin than he did in 1932, when his popularity elsewhere increased as people benefited from government programs. Between 1896 and 1928, no Democratic presidential candidate gained thirty percent of the county's vote.
In the 1964 election, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and during the Vietnam War, incumbent Lyndon Johnson was the first Democrat in 104 years to carry Massac County. Locally voters opposed Barry Goldwater’s economic policies and his Deep Southern orientation. Southern Evangelical Jimmy Carter marginally bettered LBJ’s performance in 1976. Bill Clinton won a larger plurality in 1992, due to a third-party challenge from Ross Perot.
But, since 2000 the conservative whites have shifted to the Republican Party in favoring presidential candidates. Some analysts say the conservatives changed parties because of socio-cultural issues.[18] In 2016 Hillary Clinton won 23.3 percent share of the county’s vote, the lowest by a Democrat since John W. Davis in his landslide 1924 loss. In 2020 they gave Donald Trump 73.3% of their vote and Joe Biden 25.3%. Overall, state voters favored Biden, who won the election in both popular and electoral college votes.[19]
The county was the only county in Illinois to vote against Barack Obama in both of his presidential runs, his 2004 Senate run, and the 2008 Democratic Primary, where a majority of residents voted for Hillary Clinton instead. However, the county did unanimously vote for Obama in the 2012 Democratic presidential primary, where Obama ran unopposed, the only time that Obama won the county.
United States presidential election results for Massac County, Illinois[20]
^"Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^Brennan, Tamira K. (October 2009). Domestic Diversity at Kincaid Mounds. Midwest Archaeological Conference. Iowa City, Iowa. p. 2. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
^Wells, Damon; Stephen Douglas: The Last Years, 1857–1861, p. 285 ISBN0292776357
^Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October, 1973), pp. 344-363