River Entrance and Starved Rock, Formerly Fort St. Louis
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Discovered by Marquette and Joliet in 1673, fortified by Tonti and De-la-Salle in 1682, Tonti lived there for 20 years and is the first white settlement in the Mississippi Valley. Highest elevation in Illinois, now famous for summer resort near Ottawa, Utica, La Salle and Peru, Ill. |