Marie-Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau was the matriarch of the Chouteau fur trading family, which founded communities throughout the Midwest. She is considered the "Mother" of St. Louis, and was influentia
Oil on board portrait of Madame Marie Therese Bourgeois Chouteau
Auguste Chouteau
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René-Auguste Chouteau Jr., also known as Auguste Chouteau, was one of the founders of St. Louis, Missouri, a successful fur trader and a politician. He and his partner had a monopoly for many years of
Marie-Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau
…believed it would be good, given their daughter's limited prospects. According to commonly accepted histories, René deserted her after she gave birth to René Auguste Chouteau, Jr., in 1749. Her husband returned to France. Neither the Catholic Church nor the state allowed divorce. Afterward, Marie-Therèse Chouteau referred…
Portrait of Auguste Chouteau
The first Catholic church in St. Louis, where Auguste Chouteau married Marie-Thérèse Cerre in 1786
The home of Auguste Chouteau in St. Louis, where Lewis and Clark stayed and purchased supplies for their 1803 expedition
Chouteau's grave at Calvary Cemetery