Des Peres (other)
Des Peres may refer to: *Des Peres, Missouri, a city in St. Louis County, Missouri *Des Peres (band) Des Peres is an Australian electronic indie/dance band, formed in 2000 and originally known as Old Des Peres. Formed by Melbourne composer and jazz musician Kynan Robinson, its original incarnation was of a fairly heavy solo techno act. Upon ...

Des Peres, Missouri
Des Peres () is a city in west St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,373 at the 2010 census. History The first inhabitants of Des Peres were the Cahokia, the Kaskaskia, the Mitchigamea, the Moingona, and the Otoe peoples. As well as the Missouria, and Osage, and Tamaroa peoples. The Osage Nation lived in the area around Des Peres. The Osage were members of the Dhegiha Sioux group of tribes. This group also included the Ponca tribe, Quapaw tribe, Kansas tribe, and Omaha tribe. Des Peres is thought to be the oldest white settlement in Missouri, founded about December 3, 1700 by a group of Kaskaskia Native Americans and French who had left the camp of the confederated Illinois tribes on the Illinois River. The settlement was called Des Peres, French for "The Fathers," and meant to honor the French Jesuit missionaries who settled there. This settlement was at the mouth of River des Peres and it is thought the first settlers found this region unhealthful, s ...
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