Jean-Pierre Chouteau

Jean-Pierre Chouteau
Born(1758-10-10)10 October 1758
New Orleans, Louisiana (New France)
Died10 July 1849(1849-07-10) (aged 90)
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
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Jean-Pierre Chouteau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ ʃuto]; 10 October 1758 – 10 July 1849)[1] was a French Creole fur trader, merchant, politician, and slaveholder. An early settler of St. Louis from New Orleans, he became one of its most prominent citizens. He and his family were prominent in establishing the fur trade in the city, which became the early source of its wealth.

In 1975, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[2]

  1. ^ "Chouteau-Papin Genealogy History". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2007-05-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Hall of Great Westerners". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved November 21, 2019.