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St. Louis incorporated as a city in 1823. During the 19th-Century, St. Louis grew into an important center of commerce and trade, attracting thousands of immigrants eager to find a new life on the edge of the frontier. Between 1840 and 1860, the population exploded with the arrival of many new immigrants.
The home of Auguste Chouteau in St. Louis. Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent, Chouteau and Pierre Laclède founded St. Louis in 1764. The earliest European settlements in the Illinois Country (also known as Upper Louisiana) were built by the French during the 1690s and early 1700s at Cahokia, Kaskaskia, and Fort de Chartres.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Prior to 19th-century. 1764 – St. Louis founded by Pierre Laclède in Louisiana, New Spain. [1] 1767 - It was "a log-cabin village of perhaps 500 inhabitants". [2] 1770 - Spanish in power. [2] 1780 – "Indian attack." [3] 1785 - Floods. [2]
History of St. Louis, Missouri. The city of St. Louis, contained within the county of St. Louis, lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River just below its confluence with the Missouri. In 1763, the French director-general of Louisiana gave the firm of Maxent, Laclede and Company exclusive rights to trade with the Indians.
Explore the storied history of St. Louis, from its founding in 1764 to the 1904 World’s Fair to the present day. The Missouri History Museum’s exhibits occasionally change, but they’re always well done. Looking for innovative and unexpected ways to interact with St. Louis history? Join one of the Missouri Historical Society’s See STL ...
St. Louis was founded by Pierre Laclede Liguest along with his stepson Auguste Choteau and other fur traders on February 15, 1764. 1769: St. Charles was established by Louis Blanchette as a trading post in 1769. 1770: The Spanish government officially assumed control of the Territory of Louisiana on May 20, 1770, which had been ceded to them in ...
St. Louis, one of the oldest cities in Missouri, began when a man named Pierre Laclede Liguest discovered the perfect place for a trading post on a high bluff of the Mississippi River in 1763.
