Show CHAPTER VIII PETER SKENE OGDEN HI THE GREAT SALT LAKE REGION Although Peter Skene Ogden may be ruled out as a possible discoverer of the Great Salt Lake he conducted explorations inside the lake drainage area and explored the Since the "Ogden north1 vest shores of that body of water credit for widespread tradition" gives that trapper-explor- er operations in the vicinity of the river and city that bear his name today a careful examination of the evidence must be made to determine just ho w extensive Ogden’s activities were in the immediate lake vicinity On his first Snake river expedition (1824-2Ogden descended Bear river and probably reached the lake about May 20 of that year3- The Ogden tradition has it that at this time he and his trappers spread out along the Yasatch front trapping the various streams that discharge their waters into Great Salt Lake p According to this theory Ogden and his men explored at least as far south as the present location of Ogden City When found and published the missing Ogden journal may possibly prove this theory to be 5) - 1 Supra t p 2 72 ff Dale Morgan Humboldt 36 |