Dugué, while commandant of Fort de Chartres,…

1719 CE

Dugué, while commandant of Fort de Chartres, conveys land nearby to his nephew, Ste. Therese Langlois, who founds the town of Prairie du Rocher ("Prairie of the Rock") on the site.

The town is one of the oldest French colonial communities to survive into the twenty-first century in the American Midwest.

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Prairie du Rocher Randolph Illinois United States View →

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Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand View →

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French people (Latins) View → New France (French Colony) View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Illinois Country View → Louisiana (New France) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, French View →

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