Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . *N. /EKY HISTORY OF SCHUYLER COUNTY. 623 foresight they realized the vast importance ofIllinois as the key to military possession of thenew and as yet unexplored county; and withthe ever-changing fortunes of war, as playedupon the battlefields of the old world, there werecorresponding epochs in the history of get a clear understanding of the history ofSchuyler County and its evolution from the ear-liest time, it is eminently important that weshould know of these historic events iu theirnatural sequence. Illinois was first claimed by Spain, by r
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . *N. /EKY HISTORY OF SCHUYLER COUNTY. 623 foresight they realized the vast importance ofIllinois as the key to military possession of thenew and as yet unexplored county; and withthe ever-changing fortunes of war, as playedupon the battlefields of the old world, there werecorresponding epochs in the history of get a clear understanding of the history ofSchuyler County and its evolution from the ear-liest time, it is eminently important that weshould know of these historic events iu theirnatural sequence. Illinois was first claimed by Spain, by reasonof discovery by Ferdinand DeSoto, in 1541, wholaid claim to all the country drained by the greatFather of Waters. Spain, however, made noattempt to explore the vast territory and thewritten history of Illinois begins iu 1673 whenLouis Joliet and Jacques Marquette paddled upthe Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers, and madethe portage at Chicago. To them fell the honorof adding this princely domain to the mothercountry under the name New
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