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Founding St. Louis: First City of the New West

By J. Frederick Fausz
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By J. Frederick Fausz
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French Families & Osage furs Created St. Louis as France's New World Empire Ended.

The Animal wealth of the western "wilderness" provided by talented "savages" encouraged French Americans Illinois, Canada and Louisiana to found a cosmopolitan center of international commerce that was a model of multicultural harmony. Historian J. Frederick Fausz offers a fresh interpretation of St. Louis from 1764 to 1804, explaining how Pierre Lacléde, the early Chouteaus, Saint Ange de Bellerive and the Os...

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