de LaSalle's Visit - Sound Bend, Indiana - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

This memorial dedicated to the visit of Cavalier de LaSalle is located near Portage Avenue in Sound Bend, Indiana.

The inscription on the memorial reads as follow:

ROBERT RENE CAVALIER SIEUR DE LASALLE
FRENCH SCOLAR AND EXPLORER. FIRST WHITE
MAN TO VISIT THIS REGION, PASSING FROM
ST.JOSEPH RIVER TO KANKAKEE RIVER.
CROSSED THIS LAND DECEMBER 5,1679.
TO COMMEMORATE THE VISIT OF LASALLE
THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS ERECTED
THIS TABLET ON LAND DONATED FOR THE
PURPOSE BY ROBERT O. MYLER.

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The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 318,586 and Combined Statistical Area of 721,296. It is the fourth-largest city in Indiana, serving as the economic and cultural hub of Northern Indiana. The University of Notre Dame is located just to the north in unincorporated Notre Dame, Indiana.

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Group that erected the marker: the Board of Park Commissioners URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Portage Avenue Sound Bend, Indiana USA

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