Jean Pierre Chouteau
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| Jean Pierre Chouteau | |
| Born | 10 October 1758 New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
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| Died | 10 July 1849 (aged 90) St. Louis, Missouri, US |
Jean Pierre Chouteau or Pierre Chouteau (New Orleans, 10 October 1758 - † St.Louis Co, MO, 10 July 1849)[1][2] was an early settler of St. Louis, Missouri. He was a family member of the founders, being the son of Pierre Laclède and half-brother of René Auguste Chouteau.
While a fur trader and negotiator of the Osage Treaty/Treaty of Fort Clark in 1808, managed to convince the Osage to sell their claim to large portions of the Missouri Territory. He established the first permanent "white" settlement at present day Salina, Oklahoma[3].
His descendants include:
- Auguste Pierre Chouteau
- Pierre Chouteau, Jr. (founder of posts in Upper Missouri River including Fort Pierre) and Chouteau County, Montana)
- François Chouteau (first official European settler of Kansas City, Missouri)
- Yvonne Chouteau (prima ballerina who established the first fully-accredited dance department in the United States.)
Early samples of the Osage-orange tree came from his St. Louis garden.
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