Garrison Hill Cemetery

The bodies of early Illinois settlers are buried in this cemetery after being moved from three cemeteries in Kaskaskia village. When floods began to destroy the village in the late eighteen hundreds, concerned residents transferred the remains to a safer place. According to one account, 3,800 boxes, some containing entire families, were moved. The cemetery was dedicated in 1891. In 1881, flooding caused the Mississippi to change course and pour into the Kaskaskia River. The village of Kaskaskia was not entirely flooded, but the current would soon destroy it. By 1909, the old village had disappeared.

Illinois · United States