PRAIRIE DU CHIEN (WKBT) -- This weekend Prairie du Chien is remembering the anniversary of the expedition that discovered it. It's now 350 years since Jesuit priest Father Jacques Marquette and fur ...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN — The celebration here will be centered on St. Feriole Island, a historic, flood-prone spot along the Mississippi River that was an active fur trading stop and later home to the ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professor Laura Chmielewski provided an introduction to Jacques Marquette and his family. In 1673, Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette and fur ...