The Curse That Destroyed a State Capital

from Pumpkin Smiles · host Charlie Day

Kaskaskia became the capital of the Illinois Territory in 1809; after Illinois achieved statehood, Kaskaskia briefly served as the state capital (1818–20), until it was damned and would be destroyed, along with all of the land around it.

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