- Fort Lamotte
Fort Lamotte was a fort created between 1810 and 1812 by
Baptists [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=BDZGVKAAkbIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA6&dq=%22Fort+Lamotte%22&ots=7zK3tVBtn8&sig=0lxpRZQm_YlLQ9FX_MjH8Q6F2Nk] nearPalestine, Illinois . It was the site of the Battle of Africa Point in theWar of 1812 , one of few battles of the war in theIllinois Territory . [http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_222192950.html] During the War of 1812 there were 26 families living in Fort LaMotte, and 90 rangers under the command of frontier officer Captain Pierce Andrews. [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilcchs/Articles/crawfordcountychurches.html] It was in use through 1817 and is currently being recreated. [http://boomtownusa.blogspot.com/2008/04/preservation-in-illinois-oldest-town.html] , [http://www.pioneercity.com/fortlamotterangers/fortlamotteupdate.html] The inhabitants of the Fort became the nucleus of Palestine. Fort Foot served as an expansion of and partial replacement for Fort Lamotte. [http://genforum.genealogy.com/lamotte/messages/201.html]A marker at Palestine indicates that Frenchman John Lamotte became separated from the Lasalle party and reached the region in 1678.
There is also a Fort Lamotte,
Algeria . [http://www.geonames.org/2496354/fort-lamotte.html]External links
* [http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1165922 Fort LaMotte Gen. & Hist. Soc.] museum
* [http://www.museum.state.il.us/iaaa/wabashreport8.htm Ongoing archaeological research] in the area
* [http://www.historyillinois.org/Markers/old_markers/246.htm Marker text]
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