jim bridger claims to be the first to see the salt lake writing down from the bear river valley. there is also a pretty good evidence that an operator at of taos was in salt lake valley earlier than that and might have been the first euro american to see the lake. out there is fremont island, it is kind of mask by the larger peninsula, the mountain range behind it. in the foreground, it is fremont island, the pinnacle summit on the right side. was forcedand explored in 1843 by the famous government explore on the second exhibition. came down from fort hall in the north and they wanted to get a look at the great salt lake. they had a term -- a hard time getting a decent look at the lake. you can get close to it in many places. so, they finally attained prominence, that was the river. they were able to see the entire lake. they ought with them a rubber boat which they inflated and they went down into the lake in early september, 1843 and paddled out towards the island. they spent a night on the lake, that, where carson and one of the others went across. he named the island, disappo

in 1824 jim bridger claims to have been the first, riding down from the bear river valley to the north end of the lake. but there is also pretty good evidence that provo, a trapper was in salt lake earlier than that and may have been the first euro american to see the lake. out there now is freemont island, masked by the larger mountain range behind it. but in the foreground it free month island, with the summit on the right side. freemont island was first explored in 1843 by john c. free month, the famous government ects morer. explorer. they wanted to get a look at the lake and they had a very hard time getting a decent look at the lake because of the flat pan phenomenon where you can't get very close to it in many places. so they finally attained a prominence over here by the modern city of ogden, and were able to see the entire lake. they had brought with them an india rubber boat, which they inflated and they paddled down the weaver riff and out into the lake in early september 1843. and paddled out towards the island. they spent a night on the lake, climbed up to that prominence