METROPOLIS (WSIL) -- Highly anticipated and big changes are coming to Fort Massac State Park. An old building in the park is now set to be demolished and replaced with a new historic village. Senator ...

With its history dating all the way back to 1540, the site of Fort Massac is an integral early American part of Southern Illinois’ history. The fort itself was built by the French in 1757 as Fort De L ...

METROPOLIS, Ill. (KFVS) - The first steps in construction plans for a new historic village at Fort Massac State Park are in the works. Illinois State Senator Dale Fowler and the “Friends of Fort ...

METROPOLIS, Ill. (KFVS) - The Fort Massac Encampment will return to Fort Massac State Park the weekend of October 16. Event times are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16, and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on ...

The recent flooding seems to be relentless with Metropolis causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cleanup, lost revenue from the closing of Harrah's Casino and now Fort Massac. The state park is ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WSIL) -- The Fort Massac Encampment will return to Fort Massac State Park in Metropolis on October 18 and 19. This event, hosted by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and ...

Here are some of the more interesting events, deals, websites and other travel tidbits that have come across our desk recently: ?Get a taste of life in the late 1700s and early 1800s on Oct. 21-22 ...

METROPOLIS, Ill. -- For about 250 years, deterioration has been the fiercest enemy to attack Fort Massac. Discussing a $4.3 million reconstruction project scheduled for next year, Fort Massac State ...

METROPOLIS, Ill. (AP) - A replica 18th-century fort in southern Illinois will be getting a neighbor. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan (https://bit.ly/1rHbG7W) reports the nonprofit Friends of Fort ...

METROPOLIS — A replica 18th-century fort in southern Illinois will be getting a neighbor. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports the nonprofit Friends of Fort Massac has raised money to build an ...

Re-enactors engage in a mock battle at the Fort Massac Encampment on Sunday in Metropolis, Ill. The annual encampment featured re-enactors representing 18th century British, American and French troops ...