Vintage Chicago Tribune: Debunked — what we’ve found in the Tribune archives that changes conventional wisdom
Every date, name and location we publish in this newsletter is checked and rechecked against Tribune archives and other reference materials to make sure it’s accurate. It’s a time-consuming process ...
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Jacques Marquette
Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette and fur trapper Louis Jolliet led a French expedition on the Mississippi. They were the first Europeans to explore this area. This lesson begins with students ...
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Why the Mighty Mississippi Was Once Named ‘River of the Immaculate Conception’
But Father Jacques Marquette was not most people. The Jesuit explorer, who came from France as a missionary to Canada in 1666, was one of the first Europeans to name the Mississippi, which he ...
Where did Missouri get its name from?
The Missouri name was initially recorded during an exploration down the Mississippi River by French missionary Jacques ...
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German immigrants fueled the early European settlement of Iowa, fanning across the state
It is believed that French explorers Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette, following the Mississippi River, were the first people of European descent to step foot in Iowa when they landed at ...
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Timeline: Early Chicago History
May-September: Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet's exploration of the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan takes them by the future site of Chicago. Joliet reports that a canal connecting Lake ...