The Illinois Country was once part of a French colonial empire that formed a great crescent from Quebec to New Orleans. New France embraced the Great Lakes and followed the Mississippi to the sea. Three villes–Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Prairie du Rocher–drew voyageurs from Canada and migrants from the mother country. They farmed the rich American […]
Ted Kleine
Ted Kleine is a writer in Chicago. His story on the Democratic takeover of the state government, ìThe Great Thaw,î was on the cover of the October 24 Illinois Times.
