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Event:  Carondelet is founded
Category:  Planning and Development
Brief Description:  Former French naval officer Clement Delor de Treget founded Carondelet south of St. Louis near the mouth of the River des Peres. The settlement is originally called Delor´s Village. The name is later changed to Louisbourg, and later still to Carondelet. St. Louisans commonly referred to the neighboring village as "Vide Poche" because of its inability to produce enough food for its own residents. (Primm, 16, 61)
Year:  1767
Decade:  1760 - 1769
Beginning Date:    1767
Ending Date:    1767

People
de Carondelet, Baron Francoise Louise Hector
 Delor de Treget, Clement


Reference
Where We Live: A Guide to St. Louis Communities
 Lion of the Valley, St. Louis, Missouri

 

 

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