Father Jacques Marquette, the man who gave Marquette its name, made an incredible mark not only on the Upper Peninsula, but throughout North America as well. The French Jesuit Missionary built an ...

Sunday, May 18 marks the 350th anniversary of the death of Father Jacques Marquette, the French Jesuit priest who famously ...

On May 18, 1675, the missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette passed away along the shores of Lake Michigan on his way back ...

By RANDY CROUCH Journal City Editor Marquette MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University will be holding an event to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the passing of Marquette’s namesake, Father ...

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 ...

By the time French settler Father Jacques Marquette founded the city in 1668, Native Americans had established a thriving community along the river, spread out along both sides of the water.