Chouteau Places Choteau, Montana Chouteau County, Montana Chouteau, Oklahoma Chouteau Creek,Mayes County, Oklahoma Pierre, South Dakota (named for Pierre Chouteau, Jr.) Chouteau Bridge across the Missouri River in Kansas City Chouteau's Landing in St. Louis Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis The family sold the Chouteau posts along the upper Missouri River in 1865 after the American Civil War to Americans James B. Hubbell, Alpheus F. Hawley, James A. Smith, C. Francis Bates. Hubbell, based in Minnesota, already had some licenses from the federal government to trade with Native Americans in the West. He and his colleague Hawley formed a partnership with these men to set up a business. They formed the Northwestern Fur Company and operated it through posts along the upper Missouri River until 1870. They closed the business due to losses of equipment and furs during the Sioux uprising and warfare during the 1860s, which resulted in a volatile environment that made it too difficult to operate. References External links "The Chouteau Family", Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture "Henri Arminstead Chouteau." Find a Grave. N.p., 29 Sept. 2007. Web. French families Business families American families of French ancestry