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Great River Road connects old Fort de Chartres to Gulf coast
Southern Illinois Great River Road links Fort de Chartres and Prairie du Rocher to Fort Kaskaskia, Grand Tower, and Cape Girardeau. The route traces centuries from French fort life and early Native settlements to Civil War sites, river pirates legends, and modern parks along Illinois 3 and 155.
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Illinois
Minnesota
Louisiana
Fort de Chartres
Bluffs
Mississippi River
Prairie du Rocher
Field Under the Rock
Upper
Peithmann
Cahokia
Kaskaskia
St. Louis Street
Modoc
B.C
Roots
Ellis Grove
Illinois 3
Fort Kaskaskia
Ft. Kaskaskia
George Rogers Clark
Fort Gage
John Dodge
Dodge
Pierre Menard
Chester
Randolph County
Shadrach Bond
Popeye the Sailor
Elzie C. Segar
Camptown
State
James Madison
France
Fort Massac
Dan Malkovich
Benton
Fountain Bluff
U.S
Grand Tower
Tower Rock
Rock Island
Devil’s Backbone State Park
Mark Twain
Grant
Great River Road
Cape Girardeau Bridge
Trail of Tears State Park
Cairo
Gulf of Mexico