the State Historical Society of Missouri
C. David Rice is emeritus professor of history at the University of Central Missouri.
![Jean Pierre Chouteau Sr. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N22207]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-02/1.%20Jean%20Pierre%20Chouteau.jpg?itok=FNHv3V7A "Jean Pierre Chouteau Sr. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N22207]")
Jean Pierre Chouteau, known as Pierre, was a pioneer settler in St. Louis and the territory that was to…
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![Francois M. Guyol de Guiran created this portrait of Marie Therese Bourgeois Chouteau, the “founding mother” of St. Louis, in 1810. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MHS Objects Collection, 1950-084-0002]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/1-Marie-Therese-Bourgeois-Chouteau.jpg?itok=Lpgn1Ask "Francois M. Guyol de Guiran created this portrait of Marie Therese Bourgeois Chouteau, the “founding mother” of St. Louis, in 1810. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MHS Objects Collection, 1950-084-0002]")
Marie Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau was born in New Orleans on January 14, 1733, but she was…
![Louis William DuBourg. [Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, DC]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Louis_William_Dubourg.jpg?itok=X1HBtf7H "Louis William DuBourg. [Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, DC]")
William DuBourg was a formidable force for Catholicism and for education in the early…