Louis Blanchette

Louis Blanchette (11 July 1739 – August 1793) was a French Canadian explorer in North America in the 18th century. After exploring parts of what is now Missouri, he is remembered for founding the city of St. Charles in 1769.

According to Hopewell's Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi:

According to Hopewell's rather romantic account, Blanchette met another Frenchman (Bernard Guillet) at the site of St. Charles in 1765. Blanchette, determined to settle at the site, asked if Guillet, who had become the chief of a Dakota tribe, had chosen a name for it.

Hopewell's account is suspect on several details. He appears to have conflated Blanchette's occupation as a hunter (chasseur in French) with a name.

Blanchette settled there in 1769 under the authority of the Spanish governor of Upper Louisiana, and served as its civil and military leader until his death in 1793. During this time perhaps only a couple dozen buildings were built. Although the settlement was under Spanish jurisdiction, the settlers themselves remained primarily French nationals. He is buried in St. Charles Borromeo cemetery, St. Charles, Missouri.

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