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Finally, in 1809, Kaskaskia was part of the Illinois Territory. ... Fewer than 100 people call the island home, with miles (in some cases) between houses.

Jul. 3--On Kaskaskia Island, from the levee holding back the rushing waters of the Mississippi River to the north, to the submerged Old Channel Road bridge to the southwest, water covers fields ...

Kaskaskia has been separated from the rest of the state since the Mississippi meandered around it in the 1880s. The Liberty Bell of the West, donated by Louis XV in 1741, is still at a historic ...

KASKASKIA, Ill. — This tiny island town has its quirky distinctions. It’s a 300-year-old French settlement that became the state’s first capital. A banished lover’s curse ma… ...

Located in Randolph County, Kaskaskia was the capital of the Illinois Territory in the early 1800s and was the state's first capital from 1818 to 1819. At its peak from about 1810 to 1820, the ...

But in 1881, the Mississippi, which once had arced west here, bored into Kaskaskia’s channel, severing the town from Illinois and turning it into Kaskaskia Island.

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — Kaskaskia Island has been selected at the site to being the 100 Day Countdown to the Illinois Bicentennial Celebration. The decision was announced Friday by the Governor ...

On Kaskaskia Island, from the levee holding back the rushing waters of the Mississippi River to the north, ... Illinois' first capital is an island that's home to just 18 people.

RANDOLPH COUNTY, Illinois — On Kaskaskia Island, from the levee holding back the rushing waters of the Mississippi River to the north, to the submerged Old Channel Road bridge to ...

KASKASKIA — On Kaskaskia Island, water from the Mississippi River covers fields normally bursting with soybeans and corn. Illinois' first capital is an island that's home to just 18 people ...