at the library. The seasonal excavations have uncovered rare artifacts, such as a 1730s Jesuit religious medallion, one of only two found in North America. In December 2010 the team made a critical find of a foundation wall and two wooden posts of one of the buildings, helping establish its scale. Support the Fort has arranged related annual living history exhibits and re-enactments, featuring elements of Potowatomi, French, British and American life at the fort and in the region. In the future, they intend to construct a replica of the fort. It will include space to interpret the artifacts found through controlled excavation. This was the only fort in Michigan to have been under the flags of four nations: France, Great Britain, Spain, and the United States. It was always a multicultural site, a meeting and trading place for the ethnic Europeans with the Potowatomi, Ottawa and Ojibwe nations. It was sometimes the scene for formal marriages among the ethnicities. References Sources Nassaney, Dr. Michael S., Dr. Jose Antonio Brandao, Dr. William M. Cremins, and Brock A. Giordano, et al., "Archeological Evidence of Economic Activities at an Eighteenth-Century Frontier Outpost in the Western Great Lakes", Historical Archeology, 2007. 41(4):3-19, reproduced in part at Support The Fort Website External links "Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project", Official Website, Western Michigan University Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project blog Fort St. Joseph Museum (City of Niles) SupportTheFort.net, dedicated to Fort St. Joseph research, reenactment, and education. Support the Fort! (Michigan Archaeological Society) Pre-1835 Chicago History Daniel McCoy, Old Fort St. Joseph; or, Michigan under four flags, Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., 1907 St. Joseph St. Joseph (Niles) French-American culture in Michigan St. Joseph Michigan in the American Revolution Pontiac's War Michigan State Historic Sites Niles, Michigan Buildings and structures in Berrien County, Michigan Archaeological sites in Michigan St. Joseph 1691 establishments in New France National Register of Historic Places in Berrien County, Michigan