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03/18/2010 12:43 AM
Presidential picks: No coaching for Obama - Chicago Sun-Times
Robinson's: Kansas, Kansas State, West Virginia and Marquette. Is Robinson picking any No. 16 ... Former Bull Dennis Rodman is scheduled for an April 10 signing at Heroes West Sports Grill, Joliet, ...
03/07/2010 05:57 PM
STORY, MAP:La Salle residential crimes in city center - News Tribune
Much to Szewczyk’s surprise, her home at 655 Marquette St. is in the middle of a three block area between Ninth and Fifth streets, and Gooding and Joliet streets that had the highest concentration ...
03/12/2010 01:59 AM
Double trouble finds Orange: Loss, injury - Boston Globe
Jason Clark had 17 for the No. 8 seed Hoyas (22-9), who play Marquette in the semifinals ... Greg Young added 17 points for Roxbury, which meets Joliet (Ill.) Junior College in the semifinals tonight.
03/11/2010 12:56 AM
Homewood-Flossmoor eliminates Thornton - NWI.com
H-F (21-8) has won nine in a row and faces Joliet Twp. at 7:30 p.m. Friday for the sectional championship ... He was all over me and did a good job," said Smith, a Marquette recruit who finished with ...
03/14/2010 11:14 PM
A fun ride for local sextet - Ottawa Times
She had 10 points in a win over Malcolm X College out of Chicago on Jan. 2 and eight against Joliet Junior College on Nov. 24 ... The same can be said for Marquette graduate Christine Nesti and ...
Latest Relevant Blogs
03/15/2010 08:23 AM
Public Art in Chicago: Native American representation in the ...
It from the time when Marquette and Joliet reached south to the Arkansas village. The Native Indians came out with bows and arrows, tomahawks and shields to defend their territory.. All the ...
02/14/2010 12:37 PM
Marquette and Joliet – Exploring the Interior of the Continent ...
Over the next two years, Marquette and Joliet would travel across what is now Wisconsin to the Mississippi River, down to Arkansas, back up the Mississippi to the Illinois River, portage ...
02/01/2001 02:00 AM
Historic Diaries: Marquette and Joliet
After nearly six weeks of paddling upstream, Marquette and Joliet finally reached the mouth of the Illinois River on August 25th. Although still going against the current, the Illinois was ...
02/14/2010 01:18 PM
Chicago - Architecture & Cityscape: Marquette Building - bronze ...
In fact Amy Bradley sculpted only the images of Marquette and Jolliet.. Rest all were sculpted by Edward Kemeys, who also sculpted the calumets and panther heads on the doors.. The first floor ...
02/02/2010 05:07 PM
The Marquette Building « BLUEPRINT: Chicago
The bronze reliefs above the entrance (designed by Herman MacNiel), mosaics in the foyer (designed by J.A. Holzer of the Tiffany Company), and bronze busts (designed by Edward Kemeys), all relate ...
06/02/2008 12:00 AM
Vote with Your Feet: Walking Archer Avenue
Archer follows the original portage path from the Desplaines River to the Chicago River, the same trail that French explorers Marquette and Joliet used to carry their canoes when they mapped ...
07/27/2009 08:23 PM
SEDU 515 Developing IEPs: BENCHMARKS vs. SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES
Explorers Marquette and Joliet crossed the portage between the Wisconsin River and Fox River in 1673 - hence, the name for the city. Author Aldo Leopold's Sand County Almanac was based upon ...
10/07/2005 02:00 AM
Historic Diaries: Marquette and Joliet
This is the last entry in the Marquette-Joliet diary blog, which we began streaming out twice a week last May. You can learn about the documents presented here in the opening entries, ...
12/22/2009 09:57 PM
The Other Side blog: The Piasa Bird
The Legend of the Piasa bird that was related to Marquette and Joliet went something like this. Many years ago a great bird roamed the land. Every morning the people would wake in fear to the ...
10/04/2005 02:00 AM
Historic Diaries: Marquette and Joliet
Both Marquette and Joliet made hand-drawn maps, and their information found its way to the public in 1681 when the first printed map of the Mississippi River, based on their data, was ...
