Cover of French Roots in the Illinois Country

Book 2000

French Roots in the Illinois Country

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Language
English
Published
2000
  • American history
  • Illinois - Local History
  • History
  • History - U.S.
  • Illinois
  • United States - Colonial Period
  • United States - General

French Canadian families lived separately, as Peter Kalm, a Swedish (born an ethnic Finn) traveler and diarist, observed; each family settled independently on its own elongated parcel of land.