marquette rallied sufficiently at the end of a year to attempt a mission among the Illinois Indians, where death found him in the spring of 1675. Joliet spent his last years in a vain endeavor to persuade the government of France to undertake on a grand scale the development of the rich lands along the Mississippi.
"American Men of Action"
Burton E. Stevenson
The ground has not been disturbed since discovered by Father marquette.
"Comic History of the United States"
Bill Nye
The location is on a small stream near Green Lake, marquette county.
"History of American Socialisms"
John Humphrey Noyes
