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unusual facts about Pierre Chouteau, Jr.



Jean Joseph Rolette

Then in 1842 the American Fur Company declared bankruptcy, and in order to continue in the trade Rolette entered into a joint venture with Dousman, Henry Hastings Sibley, and Pierre Chouteau to organize a new company which would take its place on the upper Mississippi.

Jean Pierre Chouteau

Pierre Cadet Chouteau (1789–1865), founder of posts in Upper Missouri River, including Fort Pierre, South Dakota; and in Chouteau County, Montana

Pierre Chouteau, Jr.

In 1847 Pierre and his brother Auguste established Fort Benton in present-day Chouteau County, Montana as the last fur trading post on the Upper Missouri River.


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