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Beaver Island

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Beaver Island is the site of Old Kaskaskia, the first state capital of Illinois. It is dedicated to Joseph B. Cassou, 1890-1965, a descendant of "Cassou the Trader," who traveled up and down the Mississippi in the 1700's.
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