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Definition of LaSalle
1. Noun. French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).
Lexicographical Neighbors of LaSalle
Literary usage of LaSalle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Past & Present of La Salle County, Illinois: Containing a History of the by H.F. Kett, & co. Chicago, H.F. Kett & Co (1877)
"13; PO LaSalle; born in New York, Nov. 21, 1816; came to this Co. in ... Sweeney E.
retired fanner ; PO LaSalle. Sweeney JJ school teacher ; PO Dimmick. ..."
2. A Complete History of Illinois from 1673 to 1873: Embracing the Physical by Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé (1877)
"EXPLORATIONS BY LaSalle. We must now turn from Marquette, whose gereut piety,
energy and self-denial made him a model of the order to which he belonged, ..."
3. La Salle in the Valley of the St. Joseph: An Historical Fragment by Charles Henry Bartlett, Richard Hill Lyon (1899)
"A fair and famous city in the north of France gave LaSalle to the world. ...
LaSalle, born in 1643, was a child of luxury. His father, Jean Cavelier, ..."
4. The Traffic Field: Comprising The Industrial Traffic Department by John William Cobey, Brunner Robeson, James P. Haynes, John H. Kane, Norman De Forest Chaplin, La Salle Extension University (1920)
""LaSalle TRAFFIC LIBRARY" The LaSalle Traffic Library covers the field of ...
given under the auspices of the LaSalle Extension University of Chicago, 111. ..."
5. Report of the Canal Commissioners by Illinois Canal Commissioners (1878)
"The gauge at LaSalle is in reference to low water of 1867 ; but after the ...
In 1867 the water at LaSalle was from 8J to 13 feet above low water in May, ..."
6. Laws by Illinois (1919)
"AN ACT making an appropriation, to Joseph E. Thompson to compensate him for
damages sustained by reason -of a quarantine of LaSalle County, Illinois, ..."
7. Treatises in an Interstate Commerce and Railway Traffic Course by La Salle Extension University (1922)
""LaSalle TRAFFIC LIBRARY" The LaSalle Traffic Library covers the field of ...
given under the auspices of the LaSalle Extension University of Chicago, 111. ..."