Inglenook, The (1907) . ERHAPS no historical place in Illinois hashad a more varied program of experiencesin its contribution to state and national his-tory than has Old Fort Massac. Just outside of Metropolis, Massac county, Illinois,in the Massac State Park reserve, lying supinely bythe gentle Ohio, is all that can now be traced of this. Old Fort Massac, June, 1906, with tlie Ohio River in Bacli-ground. old stronghold, that has added its might and main to the Northwest Territory. It seems quite pos-sible from research that in or about the year 1702, adetachment of Frenchmen from Canada march
Inglenook, The (1907) . ERHAPS no historical place in Illinois hashad a more varied program of experiencesin its contribution to state and national his-tory than has Old Fort Massac. Just outside of Metropolis, Massac county, Illinois,in the Massac State Park reserve, lying supinely bythe gentle Ohio, is all that can now be traced of this. Old Fort Massac, June, 1906, with tlie Ohio River in Bacli-ground. old stronghold, that has added its might and main to the Northwest Territory. It seems quite pos-sible from research that in or about the year 1702, adetachment of Frenchmen from Canada marched tothis place under the lead of Juchereau St. Denis andestablished a post. A Jesuit priest named Mermet hadcharge of the spiritual affairs of this detachment andhe established a mission which he called Assumption. To this place the Indians were attracted and FatherMermet preached the first Christian sermon in theOhio valley. Its earlier purpose seems to have beenof a missionary nature and the records state thatfor fifty years or more the place was of secondary im-portance. By about 1757 the French had become strong inthe Mississippi valley as far south as the Ohio. Kas-kaskia and Cahokia were prosperous places and theirmanners, society and military bearing gave to themthe famed appellation, The Paris of the West. FortChartres was
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