Show 73 rules him out as a Peter name Hole possible discoverer of that body of water Skene Ogden of Hudson's Bay Company has left his firmly attached to the Great Salt Ogden river Lake region Ogden's city bear his name today supported that explorer as the and Ogden Hany discoventhusiasts have erer of Great Salt Lake because of the prominence of his name in the region As we have seen Ogden took up his command of Ogden river expeditions at Flathead Post from whence he launched the first of his five Snake brigades December 20 1824 It was on this expedition that he first penetrated the Great Basin drainage area and very likely arrived at the northern shores of Great Salt Lake the Snake Other Hudson's Bay trappers had preceded Ogden into the Great Basin drainage area possibly to the lake Donald McKenzie was at Bear Lake in 1819 from whence he wrote a letter to Alexander Ross dated September 10 1819 Bear Lake is only forty miles from Great Salt Lake Since of McKenzie’s men might easily have trapped down Bear river to its mouth on the Great Salt Lake a few years before Bridger The Bear being rich in beaver made his descent in 1824 would be a very likely stream to follow However some there is no evidence to support the theory no record of such a visit of discovery has been found27 Although there is no documentary the 27 W J Snow "The Great Basin Before the Coming Dr Snow gives the subject complete Mormons" 93 of |