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René-Auguste Chouteau Jr. (French pronunciation: [ʁəne oɡyst ʃuto]; September 7, 1749, or September 26, 1750 [1] – February 24, 1829 [2]), also known as Auguste Chouteau, was the founder of St. Louis, Missouri, a successful fur trader and a politician.
Auguste Pierre Chouteau (9 May 1786 – 25 December 1838) was a member of the Chouteau fur-trading family who established trading posts in what is now the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Chouteau was born in St. Louis, then part of Spanish colonial Upper Louisiana. His father was Jean Pierre Chouteau, one of the first
Auguste Pierre Chouteau (1786-1838), founder of posts in Oklahoma and Chouteau, Oklahoma Emilie Sophie Chouteau (1813-1874), wife of Nicolas DeMenil and owner of Chatillon-DeMenil House Pierre Chouteau Jr. , nicknamed 'Cadet', (1789-1865), founder of posts on Upper Missouri River, including Fort Pierre and Chouteau County, Montana , and partner ...
It was reorganized in 1838 as Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and Company and continued until it dissolved in 1864. [4] In 1847 Pierre and his brother Auguste established Fort Benton in present-day Chouteau County, Montana as the last fur trading post on the Upper Missouri River. In the early days, the Chouteau interests supplied pelts for the beaver hat ...
The history of St. Louis began with the settlement of the area by Native American mound builders who lived as part of the Mississippian culture from the 9th century to the 15th century, followed by other migrating tribal groups. Starting in the late 17th century, French explorers arrived.
Given his desire for peace with the Osage, Carondelet accepted Chouteau's proposal. According to the terms of the agreement between Chouteau and Carondelet, Chouteau received $2,000 annually to support twenty soldiers at the fort and a six-year monopoly on trade with the Osage, unless the Spanish government itself supplied the soldiers (in which case, Chouteau would receive the monopoly but no ...
In April 2023, she became the first Black woman in U.S. history to have an Army fort named in her honor. Formerly known as Fort Lee, the Virginia fort now honors Adams and retired Lt. Gen. Arthur ...
Around 1767, just a few years after Pierre Laclede and August Chouteau established the fur-trading village of St. Louis, French plantation owners settled in an area they called "Fleurissant." In 1782, August Chouteau named François Dunegant the "Commandant of Fleurissant" and charged him with protecting the settlement from Indian attacks. [3]