Upper Peninsula, MI and beyond

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GRADUATION

MAGGIE COMPLETES HER GRADUATE STUDIES AT MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY.

 

Click here: Marquette University

    You should read the history on Father Marquette ... he was responsible for much of the interest shown in exploring the U.P. ... Can you imagine people were coming here even in the 1600's!

"Father Jacques Marquette (June 10, 1637–May 18, 1675) and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River. Father Marquette was born in Laon, France, and joined the Society of Jesus at age seventeen. After working and teaching in France for several years, he was dispatched to Quebec in 1666 to preach to the Native Americans, where he showed great proficiency in the local languages, especially Huron.

Father Jacques Marquette. In 1668 Father Marquette (French: Père Marquette) was redeployed by his superiors to missions farther up the St. Lawrence River in the western Great Lakes."

Click here: Father Marquette     is a page done by a school group, short & sweet.

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• #2 Comment from fortressjohn 
  5/22/08 5:46 PM | Permalink

  My congratulations to Maggire as well.
• #1 Comment from madcobug 
  5/20/08 6:16 PM | Permalink

  Congratulations to Maggie. Helen