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Lester Crown (born June 7, 1925) is an American businessman and is the son of Chicago financier Henry Crown (died 1990), who created the Material Service Corporation with two brothers in 1919, which merged with General Dynamics in 1959. [1] Crown has been a perennial member of the Forbes 400 list since 1982.
Jean-Pierre Chouteau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ ʃuto]; 10 October 1758 – 10 July 1849) [1] was a French Creole fur trader, merchant, politician, and slaveholder.An early settler of St. Louis from New Orleans, he became one of its most prominent citizens.
Congregation Temple Israel is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin Drive, in Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Missouri, in the United States. [1] [2] Constructing three different synagogue buildings during its history, the second synagogue, built in 1907, is a contributing property to the National Register of Historic Places-listing for the Holy Corners Historic District ...
Henri Arminstead Chouteau III (1889-1952), realtor [2] [3] Edward Chouteau (1807-1846), trader; Gabriel Chouteau (1794-1887), served in War of 1812; Eulalie Chouteau (1799-1835), married René Paul (1783-1851), first surveyor of St. Louis; Gabriel René Paul (1813-1886), Union Army general in the American Civil War; Louise Chouteau, married ...
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 ...
Mill Creek Valley was a historic neighborhood located in the central corridor between 20th Street and Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] European settlement began in the 18th century with mills established along La Petite Rivière, now known as Mill Creek. It became an industrial and railroad center in the 19th century.
B'nai Amoona and the Saul Mirowitz Jewish Day School [formerly the Solomon Schechter Day School] are housed on the same campus. B'nai Amoona is the only Conservative synagogue in St. Louis that maintains its own cemetery, located in University City, Missouri. The congregation has approximately 800 families including interfaith couples. [1]
Auguste Chouteau kept his residence in the St. Louis area, although he had numerous lengthy trading journeys up the Missouri to his outer posts and to trade with Native Americans, mostly Osage. In the 1760s and early 1770s, Chouteau likely fathered two enslaved Native American children, whose mothers were owned by his mother.