Pere Marquette and Sieur Jolliet

Pere Marquette and Sieur Jolliet (HMT82)

Location: Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821 Crawford County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 2.969', W 91° 9.014'

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In 1673, Louis Jolliet, Canadian fur-trader and explorer, and Father Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit Missionary, with five French Canadian boatmen, were the first white men to enter the upper Mississippi River.

Indians directed them to the Great River via the Fox-Wisconsin waterway from the present site of Green Bay to Prairie du Chien. The Frenchmen entered the Mississippi River June 17, 1673.

Descending the river until July 16, the explorers turned back at the Arkansas River because they anticipated possible danger ahead from the Spanish and Indians. Returning North, the expedition pioneered what is now the Illinois - Des Plaines - Chicago River passage to Lake Michigan.

Marquette and Jolliet were back at the mouth of the Fox River by the end of September. The trip had taken them over 2,000 miles through country never before seen by white men.

Erected 1973
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HM NumberHMT82
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number188
Year Placed1973
Placed ByThe Wisconsin Historical Society
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Date Added Saturday, September 13th, 2014 at 3:33am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 650652 N 4767970
Decimal Degrees43.04948333, -91.15023333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 2.969', W 91° 9.014'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 2' 58.14" N, 91° 9' 0.84" W
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Area Code(s)608
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 300-306 W Iowa St, Prairie Du Chien WI 53821, US
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