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Monument to Pere Marquette Unveiled at Prairie du Chien
The base for a Pere Marquette memorial was unveiled at St. Marys Academy in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin on the grounds overlooking the Mississippi River. The seven by ten foot base cost 1200 dollars funded by subscription. a granite column rises eighteen feet with a priestly statue by Tren tanove to be placed atop. The project, a gift from the Order of Notre Dame, will total about forty feet in height at completion near Fort Crawford. Washington Weather fair tonight and Saturday.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Pere Marquette
Upper
Mississippi Valley
St. Mary’s Academy
Mississippi River
Father of
Waters
Trentanove
Washington
Lac Des Illinois
Academy
Order of Notre Dame
Fort Crawford
Mississippi