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2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 62
July 17, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives OLDENBURG, BALDEH, JOERS,
O'CONNOR, OHNSTAD, SHANKLAND, STUBBS, SUBECK and TRANEL, cosponsored by
Senators PFAFF, CARPENTER, COWLES and ROYS. Referred to Committee on
Rules.
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Relating to: proclaiming June 17, 2023, Prairie du Chien Day.
Whereas, 350 years ago, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet set out
from Michigan to explore the waterways from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi
River; and
Whereas, Father Marquette was a French-born Jesuit missionary and Joliet
was a fur trader and mapmaker; and
Whereas, in 1673, Father Marquette and Joliet led an expedition to map the
land and waterways in this region of America for the French; and
Whereas, Native Americans had lived in the area and traveled these waterways
for thousands of years prior to Father Marquette and Joliet, and helped them
navigate on their expedition; and
Whereas, Father Marquette and Joliet arrived in Prairie du Chien on June 17,
1673, where they entered the Mississippi River and traveled south for hundreds of
miles; and
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Whereas, Father Marquette and Joliet's expedition confirmed for the French
that it was possible to travel by water from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico;
and
Whereas, this confirmation and the information gathered from the expedition
led to the establishment of French trading posts across the region, and the settlement
of Prairie du Chien and other cities; and
Whereas, Prairie du Chien will hold a community festival June 16 through
June 18 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of this expedition; now, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
Legislature hereby proclaims June 17, 2023, Prairie du Chien Day, in honor of the
350th expedition anniversary.
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