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Father Marquette
Father Marquette
offered
the Holy Sacrifice of Mass
on this spot
November 1, 1674.
Marker can be reached from Hathaway Drive near Lakeshore Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
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Father Marquette's Camp - 1674
Father Jacques Marquette, the French Jesuit missionary who with Sieur Louis Jolliet discovered and first explored the upper Mississippi in 1673, stayed on this site November 23-27, 1674. Marquette, with two French Canadians, Pierre Porteret and Jacques Largillier, was returning ...
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