Chouteau
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Chouteau was the name of French fur-trading family in the Midwest. Various locations derive their names from the family.
Notable members of the family:
- Marie-Therese Bourgeois Chouteau (matriarch of the family) and her husband Rene-Auguste Chouteau, Sr.
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- René Auguste Chouteau (who with his common law stepfather Pierre Laclède established St. Louis, Missouri)
- Children of Marie-Therese Bourgeois Chouteau and her common law husband Pierre Laclède:
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- Jean Pierre Chouteau
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- Auguste Pierre Chouteau (founder of posts in Oklahoma and Chouteau, Oklahoma)
- Pierre Chouteau (founder of posts in Upper Missouri River including Fort Pierre) and Chouteau County, Montana)
- François Chouteau (first official European settler of Kansas City, Missouri)
