Point of Discovery
Across the Mississippi is the mouth of the Wisconsin River. This is the point where on June 17, 1673 Pere Marquette and Louis Joliet, in two small canoes entered the mighty Mississippi. They were the first white men to discover the Upper Missisippi River and set foot on Iowa soil.
Marker can be reached from Pikes Peak Road ½ mile east of County Highway X56.
Courtesy hmdb.org
