1815 A.D.
23000
1100
He plans to market the lots but sells out in 1816 to a couple of St. Louis woolen merchants named Thomas McKnight and John Brady (Brady Avenue). Five sevenths of the Piggott heirs convey their interest in the ferry and the adjoining hundred-acre tract to McKnight and Brady. The new firm reconstructs the bridge over Cahokia creek, first built by Captain Piggott.
Colonel Rufus Easton, a judge of Louisiana Territory, buys a tract of land and lays out the town of Alton, named after his oldest son. He names several of the streets after his children and builds Fountain Ferry at the mouth of Piasa Creek.
