Four Flags Over Fort Massac - Metropolis, IL
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YoSam.
N 37° 08.619 W 088° 42.723
16S E 347949 N 4112180
Time line of ownership of the fort site. On marker area that looks blank is braille of the text.
Waymark Code: WMKKJE
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2014
Views: 8
County of marker: Massac County
Location of marker: sidewalk to the fort, Fort Massac State Park
Marker erected by: Illinois State Organization, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Mrs. Virgil V. Clary, State Regent
Date marker erected: October 24, 1990
Marker text:
FOUR FLAGS OVER FORT MASSAC
1500's Spanish Ownership
1702 French Trading post and mission
1757 French fortification to block British expansion into Mississippi River. Names Fort Massac
1764 French abandoned fort to British
1778 George Rogers Clark stopped here on his way to Kaskaskia
1794 George Washington ordered fort rebuilt and garrisoned
1908 Site designated First Illinois State park
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