Louis Jolliet: A Path Through Water

Join the LaSalle County Historical Society for an afternoon of local history! 2023 marks the 350th Anniversary of the Jolliet/Marquette expedition. This event will feature an one man play on Louis Jolliet performed by Jim Healy called Louis Jolliet: A Solid Path Through Water. After the play Trolley tours will be offered giving a tour of local area attractions dealing with the Jolliet/Marquette expedition including the site where Marquette and Jolliet first made contact with the Native Americans at the Grand Village of the Kaskaskia(trolley tour is an additional charge).

Tickets Available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/514182071417

More about Jim Healy:

I have lived most of my life in Joliet, Illinois (Illinois is the French approximation for the name the Illini Nation used.) For thirty years, we lived in the Marquette Gardens subdivision. Now we live just off Hennepin (another French Canadian explorer) Avenue, close to the Louis Joliet mall. When I was…