Hoosier Dusty Files - October 10, 1765 - Fort De Chartres Surrendered on Mississippi River - Ends French Rule in Future Northwest Territory

A Year of Indiana History - 2016

October 10, 1765 - Fort De Chartres Surrendered on Mississippi River - Ends French Rule in Future Northwest Territory
French troops constructed Fort De Chartres in 1720 as an administrative bastion on the Mississippi River near the current town of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. The nearness of the fort to the Mississippi River caused its destruction by flooding on a couple of occasions. At the end of the French and Indian War, France lost possession of Canada and the region east of the Mississippi River that would become the Northwest Territory. Because of the remoteness of the site, British troops were unable to get to the fort until October 10, 1765, when British forces commanded by Captain Thomas Stirling occupied the fort. The British held the fort until 1772 when flooding caused part of the walls to collapse into the river. They abandoned the fort shortly afterwards.

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