Episode 124: Jolliet & Marquette - Mark Walczynski (Origins, Part 4)

In this episode for the "Origins" series, Mark Walczynski joins us to talk about his new book, Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition. Episode Image: Tower Rock in the Mississippi River, ca. 1960 [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO] About the Guest: Mark Walczynski is a retired faculty member at Illinois Valley Community College and the Park Historian for the Starved Rock Foundation. He is the author of The History of Starved Rock 1673-1911; Inquietus: La Salle in the Illinois Country; Massacre 1769: The Search for the Origin of the Legend of Starved Rock; and Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition.

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This episode is 41:31 long.

This episode was published on Mar 9, 2026.

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