La Salle

LA SALLE 1643 - 1687 CLERIC SOLDIER EXPLORER HERE AT THE MOUTH OF THE NIAGARA RENE - ROBERT CAVELIER SIEUR DE LA SALLE RAISED THE FIRST RUDE PALISADES OF A FORT AND FROM THIS BASE BEGAN HIS FAR VOYAGING IN EXPLORATION OF MID-AMERICA. *** THE OHIO, THE GREAT LEKES AND THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE GULF OF MEXICO AUTHOR OF GREAT BEGINNINGS DREAMER OF DREAMS THROUGH HIS COURAGE, SURFERING AND ENDURANCE CAME CHRISTIANITY AND CIVILIZATION ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK 1954  

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