Fort de Chartres in Illinois

[Floyd Robinson]

What you will see are the back and partial side walls of the fort.   Built in the 1700's Much of the fort had been destroyed.  In the Flood of 1993 this fort was 11 feet under water






Behind these two buildings would have been the front walls and would be facing the Mississippi River.


Seen are foundations of buildings that would have been within the fort












Powder House

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Nice bit of history. We have French fortifications nearby and some of the architecture is very similar.
Interesting photos.

[latti]

Interesting photos, thanks for sharing.

[Pam]

Enjoyed them all Floyd...& it looks like ya had a very nice day to be out photo-ing 

[sophiew]

How interesting. Beautiful photos too.

[skutterbug]

Nice shots of the fort...Looks to be nicely restored and cared for...

[Chris]

That is some amazing stone work, did the stones come from around the area?