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- The city was founded on February 14, 1764, by French fur traders Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent, Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau. They named it for king Louis IX of France, and it quickly became the regional center of the French Illinois Country. In 1804, the United States acquired St. Louis as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
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History of St. Louis; Exploration and Louisiana; Before 1762; City founding and early history; 1763–1803; Expansion and the Civil War; 1804–1865; St. Louis as the Fourth City; 1866–1904; Urban decline and renewal; 1905–1980; Recent developments; 1981–present; See also; Timeline
- Indigenous People Early History: Pre-1764
- European Settlement: 1764-1803
- The Great Migration: 1803-1860
- Fourth City Status: 1861-1903
- World's Fair and Expansion: 1904-1950
- The Era of Revitilization: 1951-1999
The area that would become St. Louis is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Illini Confederacy [en.wikipedia.org], a group of 12–13 Native American tribes in the upper Mississippi River valley of North America. The tribes were the Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Peoria, Tamaroa, Moingwena, Michigamea, Chepoussa, Chinkoa, Coiraco...
Pierre Laclede Liguest, recipient of a land grant from the King of France, and his 13-year-old scout, Auguste Chouteau, selected the site of St. Louis in 1764 as a fur trading post. Laclede and Chouteau chose the location because it was not subject to flooding and was near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Construction of a vil...
The town gained fame in 1803 as the jumping-off point for the Louisiana Purchase Expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. After 1804, more New Englanders and other East Coast emigrants settled in St. Louis, but the population remained predominantly French until well into the 19th-Century. St. Louis incorporated as a city in 1823. During th...
St. Louis's current boundaries were established in 1876, when voters approved separation from St Louis County and establishment of a home rule charter. St. Louis was the nation's first home rule city, but unlike most, it was separated from any county. Baltimore also is a similarly divided metropolis. Although this boundary would in the future prove...
One of the City's great moments came in 1904, when it hosted a World's Fair: the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in Forest Park and the city's western edge. The 1904 Olympic games were also held in St. Louis, at Washington University's Francis Field, in conjunction with the fair. More than 20 million people visited the fair during its seven-month ru...
Urban renewal efforts and public housing development programs could not stem the tide of population loss, and in some cases contributed to the decline. Four new interstate highways cut block-wide swaths through neighborhoods, facilitating the exodus to the suburbs. Meanwhile, the last streetcar line in St. Louis, the Hodiamont, stopped operating in...
St. Louis was transferred to the French First Republic in 1800 (although all of the colonial lands continued to be administered by Spanish officials), then sold by the French to the U.S. in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. St. Louis became the capital of, and gateway to, the new territory.
3 days ago · The city was the seat of government for the Louisiana (1805) and Missouri (1812) territories. With the arrival of steamboats in 1817, St. Louis began to grow rapidly and became an important river port. German and Irish immigrants settled there in the 19th century.
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Apr 10, 2015 · They marked the site in fall of 1763 and returned in February 1764 to found the settlement of St. Louis, named for King Louis IX of France. The French began settling in St. Louis and established a fur trading community. The town developed into a center for north - south commerce along the Mississippi River.
French Colonial Era. In 1764, Pierre Laclède Liguest and Auguste Chouteau, both fur traders, established a fur trading post on the western bank of the Mississippi River. They named it St. Louis in honor of Louis IX of France. St. Louis became part of the French Louisiana territory and later came under Spanish control in 1770.
The Twisted History of the Gateway Arch. With its origins as a memorial to Thomas Jefferson’s vision of Western Expansion, the Arch has become a St. Louis icon
