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Pierre Laclède

French-American city founder (1729-1778) · United States · On the map · Historical Figures · Died at 48

Pierre Laclède Liguest or Pierre Laclède was a French fur trader who, with his young assistant and stepson Auguste Chouteau, founded St. Louis in 1764, in what was then Spanish Upper Louisiana, in present-day Missouri.

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Country
United States
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1729 to 1778 · aged 48