Quebec Markers Highlight American Cities Founder Links
Readers traveling along routes from Montreal to the United States encounter plaques across Quebec towns honoring native-born explorers fur traders and churchmen whose deeds shaped cities from New York to California. Notable figures include La Salle Joliet Marquette and Cadillac with sites in Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Michigan and beyond.
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Quebec
Montreal
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Middle West
Slynosts
Union
Gons
United States
California
Minnesota
Louisina
Cavelier de la Salle
Niagara
Joliet
Memphis
Tenn
Tinola
Lin
Uteh
Ogden
Peter Skene Ogden
Canada
Miston
Hudson's Bay Company
Great West
John McLoughlin
Fort Vancouver
Columbia
Oregon
Rivulere du Loup
Mississippi Valley
Pierre le Moyne
Sieur D'Aberville
Louisiana
Mobile
Jean Baptiste la Moyne
Sieur Dienville
New Osbany
Biloxi
Miss
Bienville
Jacques Parrier
Green Bay
Wis
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
France
Detroit
Mich
Cadillac
Fort Michilmackinac
Mackinac Island
Bouagnat
Mount Desert
Commonwealth of
Daniel Greysolon du Lhut
Coureurs du Bois
Upper
Mississippi
Duluth
Minn
la Verendrse
Wyoming
Big Horn Mountain
Trois- Riviere
Mivers
Nicalaus Perrot
Becancour
Contrecaeur
Captain Contrecoeur
Pittsburgh
Fort Duquesne
Ley
Ilinois
St Louis
Missouri Fur Company
Pierre Menard
Michel Menard
St Denis
Nichelle
Old Northwest
Illinois
Missouri
Texas
Lone Star Republic
Galveston
Milwaukee
Superior
Ogdensburg
Sault Ste Marie
Dubuque
Town St. Paul
Kankakee
Mascouche
Repentigny
Oka
Francois Picquet
Berthier
J. St Faribault
St Michel d’'Yamasha
J. BD. Lefebre
Vital Guerin
Ican Tue Company
Wisconsin
AFC
Pierre de Montagny
Norbert Blanchet
Aubry
Senta Fe
Independence
Aubry City
Ari
Colo
Weacora Noweparer Datos
Duck hunting in Japan ends with nets and a skewed bag
A Tokyo based ducking party describes a hunting day in Japan where hosts supply only lunch and nets are used to trap waterfowl. The account notes a meager fifteen minute burn with a final tally of nine five mallards, three blacks and one prim. The piece criticizes modernization and conservation rhetoric, while detailing the day’s events and the unusual Japanese hunting setting.
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Jalan Tout
Tokyo Sports
Wen
Tokyo
Amall
Nina
Bunk
Acton
Duck
Pearls Through Time From Ancient Tombs to Buddha Images
Pearls have long fascinated humanity from ancient Egyptian tombs to Southern Indian burial sites and mound builder mounds. A Nature Magazine essay traces their decorative use over the centuries, noting early Japan and large abstone pearls in 300 year Buddha images.
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la Place Bostwick
Nature Magasine
Southegat
Japan
Valencia City of Joy in Moorish Spain and Middle Ages
The article recalls Valencia nicknamed the City of Joy by the Moors and describes white, gold, and blue tiled roofs, green gardens, orange groves, olive orchards, bridges, promenades, and medieval vestiges vividly. It notes joy appearing in history amid these features.
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Valencia
Spain
City of
Cardinals Red Hats Signify Willingness to Shed Blood
Ned Mats recounts that since 1243, cardinals wear bright red hats. This color stems from a council at Lyons, France, when Pope Innocent VIII granted the red biretta. It signifies their readiness to shed blood in defense of the church.
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Ned Mats
Lyons
France
Innocent VIII
Statue of Evangeline Roberts Stetua at Grand Pra Memorial
The Evangeline statue stands in Grand Prairie Memorial Park near Digby Nova Scotia, with an adjacent old chapel housing Acadian relics. Evangeline’s well, linked to Massachusetts troops during the 1743 Frencht expulsion, remains a notable historic landmark.
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Evangeline Roberts Stetua
Evangeline
Grand Pra Memorial Park
Mitea
Digby
N. S
Massachusetts
Pearl Assessment Aims to Improve Pearl Quality
The excerpt explains how experts inspect pearls to trim flaws as they grow. It notes that merited peering can improve value, since pearls are sold by weight and larger specimens command higher prices.
Indestructible copper sources and the recycling loop
Copper comes from many sources and returns to use in various forms. Although nearly indestructible, losses occur from small objects at end of life. Supply is tied to obsolescence of copper products, affecting balance with consumption at any moment.
Indian Language a Port in Wartime Wire Taps
A Colliery Weekly item notes a World War II era incident where German agents tapped allied underground lines. New, unfamiliar sounds appeared on the wires signaling a coded message taught to a group of American Indians. This language allowed covert send and receive operations as Armistice neared.
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Sara
Indiana
Washingtons sparing speech shaped the Constitution
The article notes Washington seldom spoke in public yet his two convention speeches and the 30 words of his first address are credited with securing approval for the Constitution. His concise remarks are described as decisive and influential in the founding moment.
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Elwaya
Washington
Karakut Sheep and Expensive Imperial Garments
The article notes Karakut sheep with soft curled wool valued for their hides. It states the Imperial family of Japan paid $12,000 for a fur garment, with garment prices ranging from $1,200 to $8,000 and $10,000 for more costly items.
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Karakut
Imperial Family of
Japan
Flat half century of labor plots and court convictions
A fragment notes how before labor organization courts often convicted striking workers for conspiracy, using broader interpretations of unlawful acts to suppress wage and demand actions, reflecting pressures on labor movements of the era.
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Birlkow
Birth on Battlefield Echoes to Baron da Leaseps Legacy
A baby girl born on a battlefield between tram fire and French forces grew to become the grandmother of the youngest wife of Baron da Leaseps, who had first planned the Panama Canal.
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Battefield
Waterloo
Sot
Baron da Leaseps
Panama Canal
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Lake Michigan
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Jean Nic
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Richelieu
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Francisco Vigo
George Rogers Clark
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Carlisle
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Ill
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St Pierre
Les Becquets
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Great River
Iowa
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St. Michel
Noel le Vasseur
Rocheblave
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Francois Bourbonnais
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le Vasseur
Tullnel
Juneau
Francois
Therese la Tulipe
Salomon Juneau
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Iblaviete
Joan McLoughlin
Nol LO Vasslur
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Samuels DE Champlain
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Hevests
Mer No Wonan
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Utah Power
Light CO
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