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    François Gesseau Chouteau (February 7, 1797 – April 18, 1838) was an American pioneer fur trader, entrepreneur, and community leader known as the "Father...
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    brothers was Auguste Pierre Chouteau. A half-brother (by his father's second wife Brigitte Saucier) was François Chouteau, a trader who became one of...
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  • in the Pratte & Chouteau Trading Company. François Chouteau, first official European settler of Kansas City, Missouri Yvonne Chouteau (1929-2016), 20th-century...
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    1765 and in 1821 the Chouteaus reached Kansas City, where François Chouteau established Chouteau's Landing. After the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark...
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    François Chouteau to the north, John McCoy forged a road from West Port four miles (6.4 km) north to a Missouri River landing rock next to Chouteau's...
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    and Clay County, Missouri. The bridge is named for François Chouteau, who was a member of the Chouteau fur trapping family and is considered the first permanent...
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  • Pierre Chouteau Jr. (who founded Fort Pierre in South Dakota). A half-brother (born after his father married Brigitte Saucier) was François Chouteau, who...
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    newspaper cartoonist François Chouteau (1797–1838), fur trader and businessman, founder of Kansas City, Missouri René Auguste Chouteau (1740–1829), fur trader...
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    area was an early French fur trading post operated by François Chouteau of the powerful Chouteau clan. The name "Westport Landing" is derived from having...
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    spot was permanently settled as French Bottoms in the early 1800s by François Chouteau for his trade with the tribes and early American pioneers. It is one...
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    Jean-Pierre Chouteau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ ʃuto]; 10 October 1758 – 10 July 1849) was a French Creole fur trader, merchant, politician, and...
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  • Unitarian minister of King's Chapel in Boston (d. 1843) February 7 – François Chouteau, pioneer fur trader (d. 1838) February 11 – John Allen Wakefield,...
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    Lewis and Clark Expedition François Chouteau (1797–1838), first white settlers of Kansas City, Missouri René Auguste Chouteau (1749–1829), trader with American...
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    first recorded church on the site was built in 1822 at the behest of François Chouteau, who is credited as the founder and first Euro-American permanent...
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    François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig (/ləˈfɛvrə/ lə-FEV-rə, French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʒozɛf ləfɛvʁ]; 25 October 1755 – 14 September 1820), was a French military...
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    Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras (French: [bara:s]; 30 June 1755 – 29 January 1829), commonly known as Paul Barras, was a French politician...
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    at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers established by François Chouteau (1797–1838) in 1821. Their parish, St. John Francis Regis, was founded...
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    Charles Chouteau Gratiot (August 29, 1786 – May 18, 1855) was born in St. Louis, Spanish Upper Louisiana Territory, now the present-day State of Missouri...
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    François de Montmorency, 2nd Duke of Montmorency KG (17 July 1530 – 6 May 1579) was a French noble, governor, diplomat and soldier during the latter Italian...
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    Charles Pierre François Augereau, duc de Castiglione (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl pjɛʁ oʒʁo]; 21 October 1757 – 12 June 1816) was a French military commander...
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    Jacques-François de Menou, Baron of Boussay, later Abdallah de Menou, (3 September 1750 – 13 August 1810) was a French statesman and general of Napoleon...
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    Jean-François-Auguste Moulin1 (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa oɡyst mulɛ̃]; 14 March 1752 – 12 March 1810) was a general of the French Revolution and...
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    François Marcellin Certain de Canrobert (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁsəlɛ̃ sɛʁtɛ̃ də kɑ̃ʁɔbɛʁ]; born François Certain Canrobert; 27 June 1809 –...
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    Revolution, and Victoire Chouteau (who was from an important mercantile family). Together, Marie Victoire and Charles-François-Frédéric had four children:...
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    Courthouse is built on land originally deeded by St. Louis founder Auguste Chouteau. It marks the location over which the arch reaches. Its dome was built...
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    latter city that Matthieu met Jean Pierre Chouteau, a representative of the American Fur Company. Chouteau hired Matthieu as a frontier clerk in charge...
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    3340 Cascade 84,414 2698 Great Falls, MT Metropolitan Statistical Area Chouteau 5,895 3973 Custer 11,867 3783 Daniels 1,661 1426 Dawson 8,940 2373 Deer...
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    competitors. In 1832, Pierre Chouteau, Jr., a major fur trader from St Louis, replaced that early facility with Fort Pierre Chouteau, a trading post and fort...
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  • 75250 (Jowler Creek Bridge) MO-93 Francois Chouteau Bridge Replaced Whipple truss 1887 1996 Route 269 (Chouteau Trafficway) Missouri River Kansas City...
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    Louisiana. She was held first by Joseph Tayon and later by Jean Pierre Chouteau, one of the most powerful men in the city. In 1805, two years after St...
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