Timeline Saturday 17 June 1673

Events on Saturday 17 June 1673 1

• 1673 Marquette and Jolliet reach the Mississippi River French expedition becomes first Europeans to map the upper river Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette and fur trader Louis Jolliet paddled from Lake Michigan into the Mississippi River, becoming the first Europeans known to travel and map its upper course. The expedition traveled as far south as the Arkansas River before turning back on reports of hostile tribes and Spanish territory ahead. Their journals opened the Mississippi basin to French exploration and trade.