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City in central Illinois, USA, on the
Illinois river; a transport, mining, and
agricultural centre; population (1980)
124,160. Fort Creve Coeur was built here by
the French explorer La Salle 1680 and became
a trading centre. The first US settlers
arrived 1818, and the town was known as Fort
Clark until 1825.