. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. houteau, whoremodeled it and it became known as the **Chou-teau Mansion. A corner room in this buildingwas afterwards used as the first bank in SaintLouis, with August Chouteau as president. Thehouse was of stone and surrounded by a stone wall^as were many of the homes at that time. In ex-cavating for the cellar of this building, the soilwas carried away by the Indians in their is said to have been the home of St. Ange deBellerive, when in Saint Louis. At this home General Lafayette was also enter-tained in 1825 on Kis visit to t
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. houteau, whoremodeled it and it became known as the **Chou-teau Mansion. A corner room in this buildingwas afterwards used as the first bank in SaintLouis, with August Chouteau as president. Thehouse was of stone and surrounded by a stone wall^as were many of the homes at that time. In ex-cavating for the cellar of this building, the soilwas carried away by the Indians in their is said to have been the home of St. Ange deBellerive, when in Saint Louis. At this home General Lafayette was also enter-tained in 1825 on Kis visit to the city. It is in-teresting to note that at that time the city officialshad great difficulty in arranging financially forthe entertainment of General Lafayette. At a meeting it was decided if the necessaryfunds could not be provided from the city treas-ury, some of the moneyed citizens would furnishthe funds. Through the generosity of ]\Iajor PierreChouteau, in furnishing his home, and MajorThomas Biddle and Judge James H. Peck, who SAIXT LOUIS 25. tiiniished their ba-rouches and horses,the elaborate enter-tainment of the Gen-eral amounted tojust $ Now itis not unusual forthousands of dollarsto be spent on theentertainment of adistini^^uished home has James Wilkinson, the first Governor ofthe Territory of Louisiana, resided in Saint had taken a very active part in the affairs of thecountry before his appointment, being a manof strong personality and pleasing address, but afterhis appointment as governor became unpopular,and was eventually accused of treason, and in theminds of many convicted. It was during his ad-ministration in 1805, that Aaron Burr visited himin Saint Louis. It was General Wilkinson who established thefirst United States troops in the cantonments atFort Bellefontaine, near Saint Louis. At 55 N. Main Street, Captain A\illiam Clark,the first Governor of the territory of Missouri, owned atwo story buildingin 1816,
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