Mission of St. Francois Xavier
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frankhj
N 44° 53.503 W 087° 53.051
16T E 430181 N 4971301
Mission of St. Francois Xavier Marker in Oconto.
Waymark Code: WM1ZQJ
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2007
Views: 33
On December 2, 1669, the Eve of St. Francis, Father Claude Allouez arrived at Oconto, then a village of about 600 Indians. Here Allouez founded the Mission of St. Francois Xavier, the first mission in north eastern Wisconsin. Six French fur traders happened to be here at that time. The primitive chapel made of bark and cedar boughs remained until 1671 when the mission moved to Red Banks on the East shore of Green Bay.
County: Oconto
Location: Other
MarkerID: 78
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