First Documented Discovery of the Great Salt Lake
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N 41° 38.131 W 112° 07.692
12T E 406033 N 4609924
Jim Bridger discoverered the Great Salt Lake in 1824 and determined that it was salt water.
Waymark Code: WMB37H
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Zork V
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No. 10
Erected 1932
In Honor of
James Bridger
1804 - 1881
Early western fur trapper,
frontiersman, scout and guide
To settle a wager among the trappers who
were making their first winter rendezvous in
Cache Valley Bridger floated alone in a bull boat
down Bear River to its outlet to determine the
river's course in the late autumn or early winter
of 1824, thus making the original discovery of Great
Salt Lake. But believing he had discovered a salty
arm of the Pacific Ocean, he halted at such view
points as this en route to reconnoitre.

Bear River Chapter of Future Farmers of America
and
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association

FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event

Date of FIRST: 12/01/1824

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