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Tag Archives: Auguste Chouteau
The Nation’s and The Lou’s Old Courthouse
Only a small percentage of the thousands of people who attend Fair St. Louis this week-end will visit the Old Courthouse. But they will be in for a great surprise – the rotunda splendidly draped with Stars and Stripes for … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Architecture, Fair St. Louis, Happenings, History, St. Louis
Tagged Auguste Chouteau, Dred Scott, Henry Singleton, Jean Baptiste Lucas, July 4th 2011, Luther Ely Square, the Gateway Arch, the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, the National Park Service, The Old Courthouse St. Louis, William Rumbold
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Happy Birthday St. Louis!
Two hundred and forty-seven years ago today, on February 15, 1764*, fourteen year old Rene Auguste Chouteau arrived at the foot of Market Street (then merely a single break in the four-story bluffs that fronted the Mississippi here) with a … Continue reading
Christmas in St. Louis 1770
24 December 1770* Mon Cher Ami, My Dear Friend, The clock is chiming half past ten and I find myself with a little time to send you Christmas greetings and to wish you a joyous New Year before I dress … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas in St. Louis, History
Tagged Auguste Chouteau, Christmas in St. Louis - 1770, Fort de Chartres, Gregoire, Jean Pierre Chouteau, Jeanette Forchet, L'Eglise de Ste. Famille - Cahokia, Louis Ste. Ange de Bellerive, Marie Chouteau, New Orleans, Osage, Pain Court, Renee Kiercereau, voyageurs
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Calvary Cemetery – Treasure Trove of The Lou’s History
With the exception of Thomas Danisi’s home on Mackay Place and a portion of Manuel Lisa’s fur warehouse in the Old Courthouse downtown, the last vestiges of Colonial St. Louis are to be found in a Catholic cemetery, the city’s … Continue reading →