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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.

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    Exhibit portraying meeting between Illinois Tribe member and Pere Jacques Marquette

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