Wikipedia says:
Chouteau was the name of a French fur-trading family in the Midwest. Various locations derive their names from the family.
Notable members of the family:
Marie-Therese Bourgeois Chouteau (matriarch of the family) and her husband Rene-Auguste Chouteau, Sr.
*René Auguste Chouteau (who with his common law stepfather Pierre Laclède established St. Louis, Missouri)
Children of Marie-Therese Bourgeois Chouteau and her common law husband Pierre Laclède:
*Jean Pierre Chouteau - His children:
*Auguste Pierre Chouteau (founder of posts in Oklahoma and Chouteau, Oklahoma)
*Pierre Chouteau, Jr. (founder of posts in Upper Missouri River including Fort Pierre and Chouteau County, Montana)
*François Chouteau (first official European settler of Kansas City, Missouri) (...) more....
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