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Illinois Country
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Illinois Country
The
Illinois Country
— sometimes referred to as
Upper Louisiana
(; ) — was a region in what is now the
Midwestern United States
. The terms generally referred to the entire
Upper Mississippi River
watershed
, though settlement was concentrated in what is now the
U.S. state
of
Illinois
, with outposts in
Missouri
and
Indiana
. Explored in 1673 from
Green Bay
to the
Arkansas River
by the
Canadien
expedition of
Louis Joliet
and
Jacques Marquette
, the area was claimed by
France
.
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