Download or read book History of the Development of Missouri, and Particularly of Saint Louis, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Marshall S. Snow and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Development of Missouri, and Particularly of Saint Louis, Vol. 2 St. Louis was conceived and born a child of commerce, the possibilities of the fur trade of the west being directly responsible for the establishment of a trading post at this point, which was made possible by the organization of the Louisiana Fur Company. In 1762 this company, of which Pierre Laclede Ligueste was the head, secured from Labadie, who was then governor of Louisiana, the privilege of trading with the Indians on the Missouri river and west of the Mississippi river, with authority to establish such posts as they might see fit in the furtherance of their enterprise. The Louisiana Fur Company was organized in New Orleans, then the capital city of the Province of Louisiana, and to the enterprise of some of the citizens of that city the credit is due for the existence of the embryo of the St. Louis of 1907. In 1763, when Laclede set out to explore the Empire, whose commerce he controlled, there were numerous difficulties to overcome, fraught with dangers and hardships, which none but sturdy and brave natures could hope to contend with. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.