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The answer dates back to 1703, when the French controlled the Illinois Country. That year a Jesuit group established its mission along the east bank of the Mississippi River to minister to the Kaskaskia tribe of Native Americans and founded a permanent settlement named for the group. They also set up a fur trading post there.

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A: At first glance, this particular puzzler would seem to be a simple one. On its official website, Nacogdoches, the historic East Texas burg of some 32,000 souls, does, in fact, claim to be the “oldest town in Texas.” Yet there are at least three ...

Throughout Louisiana's history, numerous peoples and nations have laid their claim, but what's the oldest settlement in Louisiana?