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Sorry, we couldn't find anything matching "One of the most interesting places to visit in Illinois is the tiny village of Cahokia. Located at the intersection of Routes 3 and 157, is the historic area shown in this lithograph. Nearby is the Cahokia Courthouse. French missionaries established the first permanent Euro-American settlement in the Mississippi Valley at Cahokia in 1699. The early buildings were of vertical log construction, and the farmers (habitants) farmed their land in long narrow strips called longlots that ran from Cahokia Creek to the bluffs. Collectively, the longlots were called common fields. In some French settlements they were fenced to prevent livestock from roaming there while the crops were growing. Each habitant maintained his own fields and his section of fencing. Once the crops were harvested, the fields were opened to communal grazing.".