FORGOTTEN Liberty Bell of the West in Kaskaskia Illinois - First Capital of Illinois
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- The first capital of the state of Illinois is steeped in history. The town of Kaskaskia was formed in 1703 by Catholic missionaries to the Native Peoples of North America.
Consisting of French Fur Traders and Indigenous People, this town was settled on the former course of the Kaskaskia River, which sheltered the inhabitants from the more powerful flow of the Mississippi River.
In 1741, King Louis XV commissioned a bell for the catholic church located in Kaskaskia. After two years it finally arrived in the town.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception has went through many transitions in architecture from wooden to stone back to wooden then to brick.
Kaskaskia has been originally under the rule of France. In 1768 under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, the area east of the Mississippi River was transferred to Britain.
In 1776, the colonists of the British in North American declared a desire to be their own nation, by presenting the Declaration of Independence. The Revolutionary War would drag on for eight years.
It was in 1778, that Colonel George Rogers Clark of the Virginia Militia would take the town of Kaskaskia on the night of July 4, 1778. It is claimed on that night that the french church bell was rung in celebration, thus leading to the bell's name today -
The Liberty Bell of the West.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Kaskakia Island
1:10 Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial
1:35 Bell Origins in France
2:48 History of the Church of the Immaculate Conception
3:38 1768 and the British
4:31 George Rogers Clark and the Revolutionary War
5:54 Conclusion and Questions
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Great video! I'm looking forward to more of this series. That was very entertaining!
Thank You! Hoping I can make the next chapter happen.
Thank you for this information! You have the perfect voice for documentary voice-overs. Very clear and pleasant; thank you. I appreciate the comprehensive information, and have used your video as one of the resources for my Local History class with our Homeschool Co Op.
Wow, that really mean a lot! I am glad to hear it is being used as an educational tool. This truly inspires me to put the work in on future projects. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I really enjoy the videos you make and the history that’s in my backyard of Southern Illinois.
Thank You! Even though the history vids take the longest to produce, it is rewarding to bring some attention to our place in history here in Southern Illinois. Thanks for watching!
You’re welcome.
Good video. I spent many a summer working the fields of my Grandpa's farm fields when I was a kid. You need to tie in the floods of 1973 and 1993. At one time "Kaskie" had a population of over 4,000 people! Mostly fur traders and hunters. Of course it didn't become an island until a large flood in the late 1800's changed the course of the river.
Thank you! Very cool that you have that connection to the area. Those are some great video ideas. If I can get some more eyes to these “historical” type videos, I will make the push to make them happen! Thanks for commenting
Good questions at the end. Can't wait to hear your explanations.
Thank you and hope to get back to these stories next year.
enjoying your video: Is it possible to get copies of the maps in this video? Or can you recommend a reference book?
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Sorry for the delay. A lot to the maps can be found on-line if you type in Kaskaskia historical maps, but I did use for referencing two books - Kaskaskia under the French Regime and Kaskaskia: The Lost Capital of Illinois. Hope this helps!
I hear that this bell also cracked. Do they ever try to ring it?
If I remember correctly the bell developed a crack in the late 1940's, but it was still be rung until the Great Flood of the 1970's or 1993.