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Birthday
Jacques Marqueutte was born in 1637 in Laon, France. His dad was James and his mom's name was Marie. -
Became a Jesuit
He joined this religious society and became a Jesuit missionary, and since then, he made lots of missions. -
First Journey
This was Marquette's first Jouney. He explored to Canada to replace a man by the name of Alloez. -
Journey to Michigan
In 1669 Marquette traveled to Michigan to build the St. Ignace in the upper part of Michigan. We don't know exactly what the date was but we do know the year. -
Mississippi
Marquette traveled with his friend Louis Joliet. They were chosen to lead this journey to find the direction and mouth of the Mississippi River, -
To Wisconsin
Marquette made a stop to Wsconsin to get food in supplies -
Mississippi
In Marquette's second journey he traveled to Mississippi once again. Here he found srtange animals and described one of them to look like tigers head with whiskers. -
Trip to Illinois
In 1674 Jaques traveled to Illinois to build a second mission -
Death
In Michigan 1675 he died because of illness. -
Marquette College
In honor of Marquette the famous explorer the Marquette colege named their school after him.
