Sauget was incorporated as "Monsanto" in 1926. It was formed to provide a liberal regulatory environment and low taxes for the Monsanto chemical plants at a time when local jurisdictions had most of the responsibility for environmental rules. It was renamed in honor of Leo Sauget, its first Village President. Although the Village of Sauget has but a tiny population, it has a lot of industry. The Village is controlled by these industries. The Village was incorporated in part in response to the total failure of government in adjacent East St. Louis, Illinois to deliver essential services, and in part to take advantage of federal grant funding programs available only to governmental units, as opposed to private industry. The Village of Sauget operates the American Bottoms Treatment Plant, a very large sewage treatment plant that serves much of the Illinois side of the St. Louis metropolitan area. In addition, the Village operates a municipal physical/chemical treatment plant that receives industrial wastewater from its factories. This has been cited as one of only three municipal treatment plants of this type in the United States. The Monsanto Plant in Sauget was the nation's largest producer of PCBs, and Environmental Protection Agency has designated the plant site along Dead Creek as a superfund site. The Village of Sauget also has a very tolerant attitude toward small business. Many nightclubs exist in this zone of free enterprise. In fact, the Village President of Sauget owns a couple night clubs himself. He is one of four members of his family to have served as Village President. Sauget is also home to minor league baseball in the St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis Metro-East as its home to the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League, which is also controlled by the Sauget family. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauget%2C_Illinois