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In the very early 1800s, the Chouteau-Osage alliance contributed to 50% of Indian goods traded in Saint Louis. [6] On March 19, 1799, Chouteau acquired 30,000 arpents of territory now known as Chouteau Springs, Missouri from the Osage. [7] Chouteau's Treaty with the Osages, painted 1924 by Walter Ufer, at the Missouri State Capitol.
Pierre Chouteau Jr. (January 19, 1789 – September 6, 1865), also referred to as Pierre Cadet Chouteau, was an American merchant and a member of the wealthy Chouteau fur-trading family of Saint Louis, Missouri.
Oil on board portrait of Madame Marie Therese Bourgeois Chouteau. Marie-Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau (January 14, 1733 – August 14, 1814) was the matriarch of the Chouteau fur trading family, which founded communities throughout the Midwest. She is considered the "Mother" of St. Louis, and was influential in its founding and development.
Chouteau was the name of a highly-successful ethnically-French furtrading family based in Saint Louis, Missouri, which they helped found. Their ancestors Chouteau and Laclède initially settled in New Orleans .
The first Catholic church in St. Louis is where Auguste Chouteau married Marie-Thérèse Cerre in 1786. After Laclède's death in 1778, Chouteau took over the business of trading, adding greatly to the family fortunes. [28] He quickly expanded the business to include agricultural properties, and banking, and owned an early grist mill in St. Louis.
The St. Louis levee on the Mississippi River in 1857. Commerce after the Louisiana Purchase remained focused on the fur trade; operations in St. Louis were led by the Chouteau family and its alliance with the Osages and by Manuel Lisa and his Missouri Fur Company. [57]
François Gesseau Chouteau was born in 1797 in St. Louis, Missouri.The city had been founded 33 years prior by his uncle Auguste Chouteau, and was still under the authority of New Spain.
Madame Chouteau was well loved in the colony; she was kind but sensible, understanding but stubborn. Within a few years, people started referring to her as the "Queen" of St. Louis. [citation needed] A few years after arriving to St. Louis, René, Madame Chouteau's husband, returned to New Orleans, and required that his wife return to him.