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The upper Mississippi was charted in the 1670s by two French explorers, Jolliet and Marquette. Their feat set the stage for America’s westward expansion – for good and ill.
Copies of Tonti’s journals are available in the Library of Congress and the Newberry Library. Tonti even had a Chicago Public School named after him, but it has since been renamed to reflect the Hispanic majority in the Southwest Side neighborhood.