Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac

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A historical marker that reads: This tablet marks the site of the first lead mine opened in the Mississippi Valley about the year 1700. It is named for Antoine De LaMotte Cadillac, governor of Louisiana 1710-1717.

Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (; ; March 5, 1658October 16, 1730) was a French explorer and adventurer in New France, now an area of North America stretching from Eastern Canada in the north to Louisiana in the south. Rising from a modest beginning in Acadia in 1683 as an explorer, trapper, and a trader of alcohol and furs, he achieved various positions of political importance in the colony. He was the commander of Fort de Buade, modern day St. Ignace, Michigan, in 1694. In 1701, he founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the beginnings of modern Detroit, which he commanded until 1710. Between 1710 and 1716 he was the governor of Louisiana, although he did not arrive in that territory until 1713.

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Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography ... Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=888 - Web

A detailed history of Antoine Laumet A detailed history of Antoine Laumet www.cadillacdatabase.org/Dbas_txt/COATARMS.HTM - Web

Catholic Encyclopedia article Catholic Encyclopedia article www.newadvent.org/cathen/03131a.htm - Web

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