Show 61 Great Salt Lake a Here the lake is shown rather interesting reature for such an without an outlet early date since subsequent maps showed the lake to be the headwaters of that mythical river the Buenaventura which supposedly flowed from the lake into the Pacific Ocean states that the lake this map "laid down The legend on other features were according to Mr Lawrence who is said to have traveled through this country to California in 1789 and 1791" As to the identity of this Mr Lawrence or the authenticity of his 7 come to ever has travels nothing further light and according to a Congressional report went to Oregon in 1821 by way of Santa Re the Colorado "Lake Timpenogos” Multnomah and the Columbia® According Samuel Adams Ruddock to the report Ruddock reached Lake "Timpenogos" about the middle of June and describes it as being "intersected by the This location would be that of Bear Lake 42nd parallel" rather than Great Salt Lake The 42nd parallel is the northern boundary of Utah Nevada and California and was already an important line at that early date It is highly probable that such an expedition was made However Ruddock certainly did not reach the Great Salt Lake He more likely reached Bear Lake and Bear river The topography of the II 7 H M Chittenden American Fur Trade of the Far West 782 8 Cited in J C Alter James Bridger 51 |