Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ellis Grove, Illinois
Chester is the county seat for Randolph County
Ellis Grove is in Randolph County
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Near Park Road, 0.5 miles west of Shawneetown Trail (County Route 3). Reported missing.
Site of Old Kaskaskia
First State Capital of Illinois
Dedicated to Joseph B. Cassou, 1890-1965.
Descendant of "Cassou the Trader", who traveled
Up and down the Mississippi in the 1700's. — — Map (db m196821) HM
On N. Main Street at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Main Street.
Dedicated to the men and women of the armed
forces who served their country in all wars
and to those who gave their lives in the
defense of freedom.
Bicentennial Year
MAY 30, 1976 — — Map (db m237547) WM
On Park Road, 0.5 miles Shawneetown Trail (County Route 3), on the right when traveling east.
For more than 80 years, this shelter stood sentinel over the confluence of the Kaskaskia and Mississippi Rivers…one of the most beautiful views in North America. Over the decades, thousands of visitors, families and friends enjoyed the shelter for . . . — — Map (db m163785) HM
The bodies of early Illinois settlers are buried in this cemetery. They were moved here from three cemeteries in Kaskaskia village. When floods began to destroy the village in the late eighteen hundreds, concerned residents acted to transfer the . . . — — Map (db m163786) HM
On Illinois Route 3 at Shawneetown Trail (County Route 3), on the right when traveling north on State Route 3.
From 1703 until it was washed away by the Mississippi two centuries later, the ancient town of Kaskaskia - the second settlement in Illinois, the territorial capital, and the first state capital stood two miles southwest of here. Fort Kaskaskia . . . — — Map (db m161321) HM
Near Park Road, 0.5 miles Shawneetown Trail (County Route 3).
In the flood of April 1881, the Mississippi divided its channel and broke into the lower Kaskaskia River below this bluff, forming Kaskaskia Island. The historic town of Kaskaskia lay directly in its path, and was eventually destroyed.
Thus the . . . — — Map (db m163788) HM
Kaskaskia Village was formed in 1703 by Kaskaskia Indians, attended by a French priest and fur traders. It grew to be the center of French life in the Illinois Country.
Occupied by British, 1765. Captured for Virginia by George Rogers Clark, . . . — — Map (db m163787) HM
Near Park Road, 0.4 miles west of Shawneetown Trail (County Route 3).
On November 28, 1803, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark arrived in Kaskaskia with about twenty-four men. Here they recruited twelve more soldiers from the local fort, including Patrick Gass, and John Ordway. They obtained a second pirogue and hired . . . — — Map (db m161438) HM
Near Park Road west of Shawneetown Trail (County Route 3).
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to lead a "Corps of Discovery" up the Missouri River in search of a water route to the Pacific. They arrived at Kaskaskia on November 29, looking for new recruits. . . . — — Map (db m163783) HM
On Park Road west of Shawneetown Trail (County Route 3), on the right when traveling east.
These mounds are the timeworn remains of a fort designed to protect the village of Kaskaskia. The town, founded in 1703, was the southern anchor of France's colony in the Illinois Country. During the 1730s, French officials planned to replace the . . . — — Map (db m163784) HM
The American Bottom is that sixty mile long strip of lowland lying between the bluffs and the east bank of the Mississippi River. Its earliest recorded history is written in the annals of France, England, and Spain. In the wars, these nations fought . . . — — Map (db m161859) HM
