A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . STATUE OF LACLEDE The First Ckntury of Settli:mi:nt, 1700-1804. AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU the building of St. Louis began. Laclede came over in thespring. Ry fall all of his party and many Canadian-Frenchin Illinois had made St. Louis their home. The young man Auguste Chouteau, whom Laclede hadwitli him, was one of a remarkable family. His mother,Madame Chouteau, and her children were among the earlysettlers in St. Louis. Madame Chouteau is called The Motherof St. Louis.
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . STATUE OF LACLEDE The First Ckntury of Settli:mi:nt, 1700-1804. AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU the building of St. Louis began. Laclede came over in thespring. Ry fall all of his party and many Canadian-Frenchin Illinois had made St. Louis their home. The young man Auguste Chouteau, whom Laclede hadwitli him, was one of a remarkable family. His mother,Madame Chouteau, and her children were among the earlysettlers in St. Louis. Madame Chouteau is called The Motherof St. Louis. She was a good business woman and a progres-sive citizen. She was interested in the fur trade. It is saidthat she brought the first hive of honey bees to Missouri and 42 History of Missouri and Missourians that from them started the many swarms of wild bees forwhich Missouri became known. Two of her sons Auguste andPierre were great fur traders and did much to develop thatbusiness. The growth of St. Louis was aided by the fact, nowknown by all, that France by the treaty of 1763 had ceded allher land east o^ the Mississippi to England. The French set-tlers in Illinois knew that this meant E
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