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Chicago Honors Famous Explorers
A Chicago ceremony on the Michigan Avenue bridge honors Joliet Marquette La Salle and Tonti for early exploration of the Chicago River and Mississippi valley. The piece covers Frontenac's praise, Marquette and Joliet’s voyage, La Salle's voyages, and the portage's navigability amid historical debate. It notes future waterways projects and Chicago’s growth toward a second world’s fair in 1887.
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Rafefic
Trafic
Michigan Boulevard
Chicago
United States
Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Holmes Forsyth
Maj. A. A. Sprague
Louis Joliet
Vere Jacques Marquette
Rene Robert Cavelier
Sieur de Lia Salle
Henri di Touti
Chicago Historical Society
Joseph Lucker Lamar
Atlanta
National Society of the Colonial Dames
Andrew Mclaughlin
University of Chicago
Joliet
Marquette
LaSalle
Mississippi
Gulf
Friance
Chicago River
Chicago Portage
Calumet River
Green Bay
Mackinac
St. Joseph River
Calumet
Louis de Buade
Count de Frontenac
New France
Great Lakes
Great River
Gulf of California
Canada
Quebec
Maraquette
Fox
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Michigan
Timois
Desplaines
Marquete
Frontenac
Peoria
Illinois
Claude Dablon
St. Navier
Jesuit Relations
Nawaskingwe
Virgin Immaculate
California
Grand River
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Batteaus
Desplaines River
la Colbertle
Colbert
Louis Xtv
Baye Des Puans
Mississippis
Illnois
Anne de la Grange-Trianon
Mile @ Outrelaise
Les Divines
Ohio
Sieur la Salle
Mexico
France
Lavaca River
Texas
Trinity River
Murther
Monsr. de la Salle
van der Gucht
London
Hennepin
la Salle
Gravier
Bibliotheque de Rouen
Henri di Tonti
Fort
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Kansas City