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MARQUETTE GG
JACQUES MARQUETTE
BORN-16370-1673
ABENCH DESUIT FRIESTNE O
TEARLIESTRISTIAN TEACHERS
OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS LANDED
READ-1675-IN COMPANY WITH
THE FRENCH EXPLORER LOUIS JOCIET
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STATUE OF JACQUES MARQUETTE
Marquette Park
Gary, Indiana
Jacques Marquette - Born 1637 - Died 1675 - A
French Jesuit Priest - One of the earliest Christian
teachers of the American Indians, landed here A.D.
1673 in company with the French Explorer, Louis
Joliet.
Ektachrome by Wm. Harold Harvey
Pub. by Harvey's Studio, Box 85, Valparaiso, Indiana
Rev. 1-62
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