#53 PIERRE MENARD HOUSE
The former home of the first Lieutenant Governor of the state of Illinois. Served from 1818 to 1822. He served in Kaskaskia the first Illinois Capitol and was near this house. Population in 1818 was about 7,000.The 2000 census lists Kaskaskia with a population of five.








What really made this event is photo three.Right behind Nancy and the trees is the Mississippi river however when Menard sat on his front porch in 1820 the river he viewed was the Kaskaskia river.This photo taken from east bank of Mississippi looking toward the west.



A flood in 1881 changed both rivers course and the city of Kaskaskia moved from the east bank in Illinois to the west bank in Missouri yet is considered part of Illinois.




Since the flood of 1881 the only way to Kaskaskia Illinois is through St Mary Missouri on the west side of Mississippi river.The Menard home is on the east bank of the Mississippi.














The kitchen of course is detached from the main part of the home.





Nancy grew up with a well [not functioning} similar look as this one at the Menard house.