Sparta

Built around a nineteenth-century town plat, Sparta, Illinois, grew into a small city in Randolph County, set amid the agricultural country between the Mississippi and Kaskaskia rivers. Its most prominent modern draw is the World Shooting and Recreational Complex, home of the Amateur Trapshooting Association and host of the Grand American World Trapshooting Championships. The event brings competitive trapshooters to a community otherwise defined by compact streets, local businesses and its southern Illinois setting. Sparta belongs to a region shaped by river corridors, farmland and long-established Mississippi Valley towns. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of southwestern Illinois.

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