French Exploration of South Dakota Jay Vogt showed a marker left by explorers Francois and Louis Joseph Veredrye near Pierre, South Dakota. The brothers are thought to be the first white men to ...

An author takes a fresh look at French exploration of Illinois from 1673 to 1763. Mark Walczynski, author of Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition, gives a fresh perspective ...

The title of Kingston's talk is "‘We will never be Humboldt’: Career-Making and Collaboration in Early Nineteenth-Century French Exploration." Dr. Kingston will join us on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, ...

The Fox River was a vital travel route for Wisconsin’s First Nations and French explorers.

The name “Arkansas” came from the Quapaw Indians by way of French explorers. During the time of early French exploration, the Quapaw tribe was called the Arkansas, or “south wind” by the ...