Title The Chouteaus : first family of the fur trade / Stan Hoig

Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Threshold to an empire -- Beyond the great river -- War and peace on the Missouri -- In a Spanish dungeon -- Scions to the fore -- Amid an Indian war -- A frontier in havoc -- The "Osage outfit" -- VIPs at the Verdigris -- Probing the plains -- To the prairies unknown -- Debt unto death -- Steamboats "to the mountains" -- A mile wide and six inches deep -- Deadly cargoes : whiskey and cholera -- Charles Chouteau at the helm -- Passions of war -- Requiems in retrospect -- Addendum : the Chouteau women -- Appendix A : Chouteau families and Osage offspring -- Appendix B : Chouteau-related trading posts -- Appendix C : Chouteau-involved Indian treaties Summary In the late eighteenth century, the vast, pristine land that lay west of the Mississippi River remained largely unknown to the outside world. The area beckoned to daring frontiersmen who produced the first major industry of the American West--the colorful but challenging, often dangerous fur trade. At the lead was an enterprising French Creole family that founded the city of St. Louis in 1763 and pushed forth to garner furs for world markets. Stan Hoig provides an intimate look into the lives of four generations of the Chouteau family as they voyaged up the Western rivers to conduct trade, a Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-315) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Chouteau family. SUBJECT Chouteau family Chouteau family fast Chouteau Familie gnd Subject Pioneers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography Fur traders -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography French Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography Businessmen -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography Fur trade -- Missouri River Valley -- History Frontier and pioneer life -- Missouri River Valley BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) Businessmen French Americans Frontier and pioneer life Fur trade Fur traders Pioneers Pelzhandel SUBJECT Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Biography Missouri River Valley -- Biography Missouri River Valley -- History Subject Missouri River Valley Missouri -- Saint Louis Mittlerer Westen USA Genre/Form collective biographies. Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2007041680 ISBN 9780826343499 082634349X 1283889552 9781283889551

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