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Auguste Chouteau

Happy birthday St. Louis! UMSL helps the city celebrate 250 years

UMSL has existed for only a fifth of St. Louis’ 250 years, but has been a treasure trove of information and resources when celebrating the city’s sestercentennial....

St. Louis Post-Dispatch reviews 2 UMSL books on St. Louis’ origins

St. Louis’ French origins are explored in two new books with University of Missouri–St. Louis connections. They were reviewed together in an article in the Sunday edition of the St....

New book captures Chouteau’s account of St. Louis’ founding

When 14-year-old Auguste Chouteau landed on the western shores of the Mississippi River in 1764, he brought with him a party of 30 men commissioned by his stepfather Pierre Laclede...

Happy birthday St. Louis?

St. Louis turned 246 this week....