History of Nauvoo, Illinois
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History of Nauvoo, Illinois
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The history of Nauvoo, Illinois, starts with the Sauk and Meskwaki tribes who frequented the area, on a bend of the Mississippi River in Hancock County, some 53 miles (85 km) north of today's Quincy. They called the area "Quashquema", in honor of the Native American chief who headed a Sauk and Fox settlement numbering nearly 500 lodges. Permanent settlement by non-natives was reportedly begun in 1824 by Captain James White. By 1830, the community was called "Venus", and it was the site of the fi
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nauvoo,_Illinois
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2008-03-21T16:20:13Z
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2024-08-30T23:15:42Z
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