Ekberg, Carl J., author.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
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Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: beyond the Laclede-Chouteau legend — Part I. St. Ange de Bellerive and the Illinois Country — Fort d’Orleans and the Grotton-St. Ange family — The rise of Louis St. Ange de Bellerive — The Illinois Country in transition, 1763-1765 — Commandant St. Ange de Bellerive — The village emerges — Part II. Contours of village life — Logs and stones: early St. Louis buildings — The Coutume de Paris rules — Slaves: African and Indian — In small things forgotten — Foundations of the St. Louis fur trade — End of an era — Conclusion: St. Louis and the wider world.
Subjects:
- Illinois — History — To 1778.
- Saint Louis (Mo.) — History — 18th century.
- Saint-Ange de Bellerive, Louis Groston de.
- Frontier and pioneer life — Illinois.
- Frontier and pioneer life — Missouri — Saint Louis.
- French — Illinois — History — 18th century.
- Saint-Ange de Bellerive, Louis Groston de. fast (OCoLC)fst00293119
- French. fast (OCoLC)fst00934209
- Frontier and pioneer life. fast (OCoLC)fst00935370
- Illinois. fast (OCoLC)fst01205143
- Missouri — Saint Louis. fast (OCoLC)fst01204930
- To 1799 fast
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