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Matriarch of St. Louis traveled from New Orleans to city with four children
Marie Therese Chouteau gave birth to her fifth child, Victoire, in New Orleans on March 3, 1764. Three months later, at age 31, she boarded a primitive boat with the infant and three other children. The oldest was 5. They headed 1,200 miles up the winding …
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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