 Peter
Skene Ogden, leading a party of Hudson’s Bay Company trappers,
camped near here on October 10, 1828. On this Ogden’s fifth and
final expedition into the "Snake Country," he started on
September 22, from Fort Nez Perce (Walla Walla). From here, passing
Alvord Lake, he went south to the Humboldt River and thence last to
Great Salt Lake, first reached by him on his initial expedition of
1824. Retracing the route on its return journey, the party followed
the Humboldt, turned north to the Silvies, crossed over into the John
Day Valley and reached Fort Nez Perce in July, 1829. Over 2,000 beaver
were taken by the party. |
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