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Jacques Marquette, S.J. (French pronunciation: [ʒak maʁkɛt]; June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), [1] sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, [2] was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace.
Pere Marquette carferry being launched in 1896. The SS Pere Marquette (also Pere Marquette 15) was the world's first steel train ferry.It sailed on Lake Michigan and provided a service between the ports of Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for the Pere Marquette Railway from 1897 to 1930.
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SS Pere Marquette 18 was a steel-hulled Great Lakes train ferry that served on Lake Michigan (primarily between the four ports of Ludington, Michigan and Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Milwaukee, Wisconsin) from her construction in 1902 to her sinking in 1910.
The Pere Marquette 1225 typically pulls hundreds of passengers on a 4½-hour excursion from Owosso to Ashley on weekends beginning in late November. One of Michigan's most famous trains, the Pere ...
US 31 and US 10 run concurrently for about five miles (8 km) east of Ludington before US 31 turns northerly again at Scottville. [14] Bus. US 31 is a section of the former US 31 along Pere Marquette Highway east of the city. [15] M-116 is a spur route providing access to Ludington State Park, to the north of the city, from US 10 downtown. [16]
Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press. December 1, 2023 at 7:02 AM. North Pole Express pulled by steam engine Pere Marquette 1225 travels towards Ashely from Owosso on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023.
The company was reincorporated on March 12, 1917, as the Pere Marquette Railway. In the 1920s the Pere Marquette came under the control of Cleveland financiers Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen . These brothers also controlled the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate), the Erie Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway , and ...