Palestine NewsLocal news for Palestine, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Preservation in Illinois' Oldest Town- April 22, 2008 "Joseph Lamotte was a French trader who first settled here in the mid 1700s. We've got a group that is doing archeological digs and think that they have found his old trading post." Palestine, IL sits along the Wabash River, a river that was critical to the early development of the state. via BoomtownUSAhttp://www.topix.net/city/palestine-il/2008/04/preservation-in-illinois-oldest-town?fromrs... |