Jean-Pierre Chouteau 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 fam
Chouteau's Treaty with the Osages, painted 1924 by Walter Ufer, at the Missouri State Capitol.
Jean Pierre Chouteau Sr. Residence. Southwest corner of Main and Washington streets. Built 1785 by Clamorgan.
The Missouri Fur Company was one of the earliest fur trading companies in St. Louis, Missouri. Dissolved and reorganized several times, it operated under various names from 1809 until its final dissol
Manuel Lisa, co-founder and primary owner of the Missouri Fur Company after 1813
South Pass in southwestern Wyoming, where the Pilcher Expedition camped in late 1827 when its horses were stolen