On September 20, 1748, Marie-Thérèse Bourgeois married René Auguste Chouteau, who had recently immigrated from … See more

Maxent and Laclède 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, … See more

In the early 1780s, Auguste Chouteau played a pivotal role in trade between the village and Native American tribes. His efforts to maintain peace and promote trade led him to establish (along with his brother, Pierre) nu… See more

Auguste Chouteau kept his residence in 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… See more

• Jay Gitlin, "Constructing the House of Chouteau: Saint Louis", Common-Place, Vol. 3, No. 4
• Auguste Chouteau Collection, Mercantile Library, University of Missouri at St. Louis, <--Broken link, February 2017.… See more