The Missouri name was initially recorded during an exploration down the Mississippi River by French missionary Jacques Marquette and explorer Louis Jolliet in 1673. According to the Missouri State ...

There are signs posted along Plainfield Road letting motorists know that the Burlington is coming soon to the Louis Joliet Pointe. The new Burlington store will open next to the Michales crafts store.

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 ...