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  • Tags: 18th Century

Fort Aerial View_Courtesy Frank Melliere.jpg
Aerial view of Fort de Chartres in Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois.

Detail from map done by Francois-Benjamin Dumont De Montigny in the 1720s.  First known map to show the fort (incorrectly shows four bastions that were not present at first fort).jpg
The first known map to include Fort de Chartres. It was done by Francois-Benjamin Dumont De Montigny and incorrectly show four bastions on the fort (the bastions were not included in the first iteration of the fort, but part of later versions).

Chapel of fort_Courtesy Matt Munsell.JPG
Interior black and white photograph of the Chapel at Fort de Chartres in Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois.

Chapel Martin 4_Courtesy Martin Florczyk.jpg
Guard house at Fort de Chartres that includes the Officers' Room, Guards' Room, Gunners' Room, Priest's Room, and the Chapel, with the Chapel occupying the south end of the building.

Chapel at Fort_002.jpg
Inside page of Fred and Betty Turner's first annual wood-block print Christmas Card, which featured the Chapel at Fort de Chartres in Prairie Du Rocher, IL.

Chapel at Fort_001.jpg
Fred and Betty Turner's first annual wood-block print Christmas Card, which featured the Chapel at Fort de Chartres in Prairie Du Rocher, IL.
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