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Marquette and Joliet Historical Marker
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This historical marker was erected in commemoration of the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in the Wyalusing State Park. The two men are credited with being the first white people to journey down the Wisconsin River to its confluence with the Mississippi River--a point they reached on June 17, 1673. The marker was erected by the Knights of Columbus on the 250th anniversary of the event.
1925
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Marquette and Joliet Historical Marker
1923
This historical marker was erected in commemoration of the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in the Wyalusing State Park. The two men are credited with being the first whit...
Dedication of Historical Marker
1923
This historical marker was erected in commemoration of the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in Wyalusing State Park. The two men are credited with being the first white pe...
Wyalusing State Park
Mississippi River
State park at the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers. Two explorers, Marquette and Jolliet, mapped the connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi and made the connection...
Confluence
1952
View through the trees showing the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers in Wyalusing State Park.
Marquette and Joliet Marker
1910
A view of the Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet marker. "This tablet marks the place near which Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered the Wisconsin River, June 14, 1673." Erected by the Wau-b...
Passenger Pigeon Monument
1947
The Passenger Pigeon Monument was designed and built around 1947. It was erected by the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology.
