The Canadian fur trader and explorer Peter Skene Ogden (1794-1854) was a leader in the Pacific Northwest fur trade during the mid-19th century. Peter Ogden, the youngest son of American loyalists Isaac and Sarah Ogden, was born in Quebec. Although his...

Peter Skene Ogden Born 1794, Quebec, Canada Died September 27, 1854, Oregon City, Oregon Peter Skene Ogden became an explorer as a result of his work as a fur trader for the Hudson’s Bay Company. Known for his ruthless and brutal dealings with...

1794-1854 Canadian fur trader and explorer for the Hudson's Bay Company who led five trapping expeditions between 1824 and 1829 to the "Snake River Country" (the upper reaches of the Columbia River) with the aim of discouraging...

Peter Skene Ogden (alternately Skeene, Skein or Skeen), (baptised 12 February, 1790 – September 27, 1854) was a fur trapper and a Canadian explorer of what is now British Columbia and the American West. During his many expeditions he explored...

CONTESTED EMPIRE Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions John Phillip Reid University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2002. Illustration, maps, notes, bibliography, index. xiii + 258 pp. $29.95. So much has been written about the western fur trade that...