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Auguste Chouteau (1749?–1829) - Missouri Encyclopedia

Rene Auguste Chouteau

Born September 7, 1749 or September 26, 1750 inNew Orleans, Louisiana– Died February 24, 1825 in St. Louis, Missouri

was founder of

St. Louis, Missouri

a successful fur trader and a politician. He and his partner had a monopoly for many years of fur trade with the large Osage tribe on the Missouri River.

In addition, he had numerous business interests in St. Louis and was well-connected with the various rulers: French, Spanish and American.

The home of Auguste Chouteau in St.

Louis, where Lewis and Clark stayed and purchased supplies for their 1803 expedition

Settlement of St. Louis

Maxent and Laclede formed a partnership in the early 1760s to build a French trading post on the west bank of the Mississippi River north of the village of Ste.

Genevieve, Missouri. They began buying supplies in early 1763, and on July 6, 1763, they obtained the necessary license fr Rene Auguste Chouteau - Ballotpedia ZUKYF