Pierre Laclède
Pierre Laclède | |
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| Born | 22 November 1729 |
| Died | 20 June 1778 (aged 48) Near the mouth of the Arkansas River |
| Occupation | Fur trader |
| Known for | Founding St. Louis |
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Pierre Laclède Liguest or Pierre Laclède (22 November 1729 – 20 June 1778) 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.