François Vallé
François Vallé (1716–1783) was a French Canadian who immigrated to Upper Louisiana of New France sometime in the early 1740s. Beginning as a laborer of no means, he engaged in agriculture, lead mining, and trade with Indians and became the richest man in Upper Louisiana.[1]
References
- ^ Ekberg, Carl J. (2002). François Vallé and his world: Uper Louisiana before Lewis and Clark. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-1418-5.
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1716 |
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1783 |
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