Cahokia Wedding

Cahokia is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 16,391. The name is a reference to Cahokia Mounds, a Native American city near Collinsville, Illinois. Cahokia is the home of the Cahokia Courthouse (c1740) and the Jarrot Mansion (c1810).

Cahokias history begins over 300 years ago. Starting with Father Pinets mission to try and convert the Cahokian and Tamaroa Indians to Christianity in the later part 1699. Father and the Seminary of Foreign Missions of Quebec began with building the log church, which is dedicated to the holy family. Following in the next 100 years, Cahokia became one of the largest French colonial towns.