René Auguste Chouteau (born September 7,1749 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died February 24,1829 in St. Louis, Missouri) was a fur trapper, trader, and merchant from New Orleans who established the powerful Chouteau family along the Missouri River.
René Auguste Chouteau (born September 7,1749 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died February 24,1829 in St. Louis, Missouri) was a fur trapper, trader, and merchant from New Orleans. Along with his mother, Marie Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau (Madame Chouteau) and his half-brother Jean-Pierre, he established the powerful Chouteau family along the Missouri River.