All Native American & French in Oglesby

In addition to the Newell Fort exhibit, the Starved Rock Visitors Center features exhibits on Fort St. Louis and the Grand Village of the Kaskaskia. Read more...

Artifacts found in the park confirm the presence of Native Americans by about 12,000 years ago and document their use of the area since. More than 100 Native American sites have been documented in the park. In the winter of 1682, men led by LaSalle and Henri de Tonty built Fort St. Louis on the crest of Le Rocher, the Read more...