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Portrait of Pierre Menard

Copyprint of an engraving of H. D. Pursell's A Map of the United States of N. America in Bailey's Pocket Almanac, published in Philadelphia, 1786, from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. The map shows plans…

US Army 2nd Infantry button, circa 1802, discovered during archaeological research at Fort Kaskaskia.

Photograph of an interpretive sign at the site of Fort Kaskaskia addressing the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which camped at the site while awaiting completion of the Louisiana Purchase.

Interpretive illustration of the construction of Fort Kaskaskia by the French during the French and Indian War with Great Britain. The uncompleted fort was abandoned before the end of the war.

Black and white photograph by William "Doc" Horrell of a coal miner with an artificial hand.

French map of America in 1715 showing Shawnee territory, titled La Rivière de Missisipi et ses environs dans l'Amerique septentrionale.

Map by Herb Roe showing the various Mississippian cultures, including the Caddoan Mississippian culture and the Plaquemine culture, as well as the other cultures influenced by the Mississippians, the Fort Ancient culture and Oneota peoples. Also…

Illustration of the late phase of the Kincaid Mounds Site circa 1300 CE. Kincaid is a Middle Mississippian Culture multi-mound archaeological site site located in Massac and Pope Counties, Illinois, USA. By this phase of the sites history the western…

Illustration by Herb Roe of the Mississippian culture Cahokia Mounds Site in Illinois, showing the large Monks Mound at the center of the site with the Grand Plaza to its south. This central precinct is encircled by a palisade. Three other plazas…