The Chouteau Society
How is it that even after traipsing around Westport for a quarter of a century I only noticed this historical marker yesterday? The sign is guarded by foliage and a wrought iron fence near the southwest corner of Pennsylvania and Westport Road. Dense text refers to Louis XIV, "an immense pow-wow" and "beaver for hats." I guess I don't know Chez les Canses as well as I thought.
posted by Happy In Bag @ 8:10 AM
4 Comments:
At 3:05 PM,
Anonymous said…
Maybe you just hadn't visited the food trucks often enough.
At 3:16 PM,
Happy In Bag said…
That's true! I never buy food on the street in Westport.
At 3:57 PM,
Anonymous said…
I wonder what kind of luck they had finding beaver on the overland route. Imagine the look on Louis XIV's face when Bourgmont presents him with a string of prairie dog pelts.
At 4:13 PM,
L A Little said…
Thanks for the tip. It almost makes up for you not being more like Tim Russert.
Kidding!
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