Show CHAPTER V DISCOVERT OF GREAT SALT LAKE discovery of the Great Salt Lake was an event of great importance in the development of the West Nov for the first time what had been rumored for several decades was at last proved to be a fact The Rocky Mountain Fur Company policy of sending out small detachments to trap and explore The fields n ew in 1824 factor leading to the discovery discovery the lake created a great deal was an important After its of interest and speculation concerning its extent and characteristics which led many future explorers to launch expeditions into the wilderness in attempts to reveal its secrets itself it is very interesting to note that several parties American and English seem to have arrived at the west slopes of the ’Wasatch in the Great Concerning the discovery Salt Lake vicinity at about the same time Americans pushing across the mountains from the States met the English pushing toward the Great Basin from the Oregon country Among these are of the West’s greatest explorers: James Bridger Jedediah Smith Peter Skene Ogden Etienne Provot some There is no positive evidence that white men saw the Correct spelling is Provot not Provost This was determined by Judge W B Douglas from St Louis Court records J C Alter James Bridger 5 1 |