Peter Skene Ogden made his name as a trapper for this company named for an eastern body of water
The turnover of furs was immense and, having made his fortune, General ... 
train and 60 men including a novice of 19 named Joseph L. Meek, whose life 
story,... [DOC] [TLE] Humboldt River Chronology - Nevada Division of Water Resources [PAR] Utah and parts of eastern Nevada, represented the Great Basin's major Ice Age 
lakes.