Excavations At the Laurens Site Probable Location of Fort De Chartres I

This softcover book called Excavations at the Laurens Site, probable location of Fort de Chartres I. The fort was constructed in 1719 on the banks of the Mississippi River in what is today called Randolph County, Illinois. This study is part of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency's continuing research and management of those French Colonial historic resources. This study reports the historical and archaeological evidence for the long lost fort and presents our first glimpse of the material