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René-Auguste Chouteau Jr. (September 7, 1749, or September 26, 1750 – February 24, 1829), also known as Auguste Chouteau, was the founder of St. Louis, Missouri, a successful fur trader and a politician.
Apr 18, 2024 · Auguste Chouteau (baptized September 7, 1749, New Orleans [now in Louisiana, U.S.]—died February 24, 1829, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.) was a wealthy fur trader, cofounder of St. Louis, and leading citizen of the Missouri Territory. Chouteau was an infant when his mother separated from his father.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
August Chouteau and his half-brother Pierre dominated the St. Louis-based fur trade when the Lewis and Clark Expedition arrived in 1803. Auguste is sometimes referred to as René Auguste, the same name as his father, the co-founder of St. Louis.
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Aug 20, 2015 · Born on September 7, 1749, René Auguste Chouteau remains a fascinating, complex character who forged the beginnings of a mighty city out of the wilderness. Chouteau’s first name, René, got lost somewhere along the way—perhaps because it reminded him of his father, who was estranged from his mother, Marie Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau.
- Chris Naffziger
A clever entrepreneur, Chouteau pioneered in the development of the trans-Mississippi fur trade, the establishment of commercial relations with key Native American nations on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, and the initiation of varied business and financial enterprises west of the Mississippi.
An important trader, government liaison to American Indian nations, and member of an illustrious Western frontier family, Auguste Pierre "A. P." Chouteau was the eldest son of Jean Pierre Chouteau, founder of one of the first permanent Euroamerican settlements in present Oklahoma.
Auguste Chouteau. Born René Auguste Chouteau in New Orleans, he was raised by his stepfather, Pierre Laclède, and his mother, Marie Thérèse Chouteau. As Laclède’s clerk and lieutenant, the 14-year-old Chouteau led the workers who began building St. Louis on February 15, 1764.
