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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), St. Louis, (search)
The Mississippi at St. Louis. Street); the whole encircled by fortifications. The population by the United States census shows as follows: 1810, 1,400; 1820, 4,598; 1830, 6,694; 1840, 16,469; 1850, 77,860; 1860, 160,773; 1870, 310,864; 1880, 350,518; 1890, 451,770; and in 1900, 575,238. St. Louis received its name from Pierre Ligueste Laclede in 1764, when he established it as a post of the Louisiana Fur Company. Five years later Spanish troops, under Captain Rios, took possession (Aug. 11, 1768), but exercised no civil functions pending the arrival of Don Pedro Piernas, who assumed the government, May 20, 1770. British troops and Indian allies attacked the city May 26, 1780, but were repulsed. The first territorial General Assembly met at the house of Joseph Robidoux, Dec. 7, 1812. Louisiana purchase Centennial. In 1900 it was proposed to hold a World's Fair in St. Louis, Mo., in 1903, to commeinorate the acquisition of Louisiana by President Jefferson. Congress appro
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missouri, (search)
onopoly of the fur trade with the Indians of Missouri, sends a party under Auguste Chouteau, who lays out St. Louis......Feb. 15, 1764 St. Ange de Belle Rive, the French commander of Fort Chartres, about 15 miles above St. Genevieve, surrendering the fort to the British, removes with officers and troops to St. Louis and assumes command of upper Louisiana......July 17, 1765 Spanish troops under Captain Rios reach St. Louis; Rios takes possession in the name of the King of Spain......Aug. 11, 1768 Pontiac, chief of the Ottawas, who was murdered at Cahokia, is buried at St. Louis, where he was a guest of St. Ange......1769 Blanchette, surnamed The Hunter, builds a log-hut on hills now occupied by the city of St. Charles, and establishes a military post under the governor of upper Louisiana......1769 Lieut.-Gov. Don Pedro Piernas arrives at St. Louis to assume the Spanish authority over upper Louisiana......1770 Francisco Crozat succeeds Piernas......1775 Don Ferdinan