Becoming a national park would boost the site's protectoin, status and tourism, advocates say. Cahokia Mounds would become national park under Bost bill Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — Illinois senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth sent a letter Tuesday to President Joe Biden urging him to make Cahokia Mounds a unit of the National Park Service. “We ...

FAIRMOUNT CITY – At first glance, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site appears to be a well-groomed city park. However, the visitors walking the gravel paths move slowly through the well-manicured ...

With the official start of winter just days away, many people will be heading to the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in ...

CAHOKIA, Ill. (KFVS) - A bill introduced on Monday, April 19 would establish Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site as a national park. The Cahokia Mounds and Mississippian Culture National Historic ...

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site WASHINGTON, D.C. — Much-anticipated legislation to establish Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville as part of the national park system got a boost ...

Assistant site manager Bill Iseminger stood at the base of 100-foot-high Monks Mound, bracing himself against an icy winter wind whipping across Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - An ongoing effort to get an ancient southwestern Illinois historical site designated as a national park is getting a boost from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. The Democrat and ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Museum and its satellite campus at Dickson Mounds in Fulton County will reopen, but how quickly will depend on the actions of legislators, state officials said ...

COLLINSVILLE — The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, the ancient remnants of a huge Native American city here, would be declared a national park under a bill introduced by a Southern Illinois ...