Along these waterways and trails, history has passed. The Chicago Portage has served as the connecting link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River System.
In 1673, led by American Indians, explorers Marquette and Joliet became . . . — — Map (db m254795) HM
This monument is constructed of boulders brought by the glacier from Lake Superior region and deposited in this valley having traversed the route later followed by the earlier French explorers La Salle, Joliet and Father Marquette — — Map (db m258712) HM
300 years ago, Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet explored these regions. The Indian trails, the Great Lakes and the Mississippi, Illinois, and the Chicago Rivers then became known and led to our great heritage.
We thank God for these natural . . . — — Map (db m258388) HM
In Honor of Louis Jolliet & Pθre Jacques Marquette
The First White Men to Pass Through the Chicago River
September 1673
This Tablet is placed by the Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Under the auspices of the Chicago . . . — — Map (db m99733) HM
French priest of the Society of Jesus on his mission to the Illinois Indians spent here the winter of 1674-1675. His journal first brought to the world's attention the advantages of soil, climate and transportation facilities in the Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m259071) HM
