JEAN PIERRE CHOUTEAU

'Jean Pierre Chouteau' or 'Pierre Chouteau' (1758-1849)^[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.
His children include:

★ Auguste Pierre Chouteau (founder of posts in Oklahoma and Chouteau, Oklahoma and Salina, Oklahoma)

★ 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)
Early samples of the Osage-orange tree came from his St. Louis garden.

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1. Chouteau-Papin Geneology History
2. Pierre Chouteau's Grave