Outing . h anextreme depth of fifty feet, and lying4,210 feet above sea level. Through Baron La Hontan the worldfirst heard of Great Salt Lake, in theyear 1689. In 1820 Mr. Miller, ofJohn Jacob Astors fur company, visited its shores. It was seen and reportedagain in 1825 by Mr. John Bedford,and again in 1833 by members of Cap-tain Bonnevilles expedition. Later, KitCarson and some others of the adven-turous trappers, who penetrated this farwilderness, saw the. lake. But the firstattempt at scientific exploration wasmade by Fremont, under the guidance ofKit Carson, in 1843, when, by meansof a le
Outing . h anextreme depth of fifty feet, and lying4,210 feet above sea level. Through Baron La Hontan the worldfirst heard of Great Salt Lake, in theyear 1689. In 1820 Mr. Miller, ofJohn Jacob Astors fur company, visited its shores. It was seen and reportedagain in 1825 by Mr. John Bedford,and again in 1833 by members of Cap-tain Bonnevilles expedition. Later, KitCarson and some others of the adven-turous trappers, who penetrated this farwilderness, saw the. lake. But the firstattempt at scientific exploration wasmade by Fremont, under the guidance ofKit Carson, in 1843, when, by meansof a leaky folding India-rubber boat, hevisited with Carson and some other mem-bers of his party what is now known asFremonts Island, but which he himselfnamed Disappointment Island. This was a land of deepest mysteryand romance in those early days. Trap-pers had brought out to the world mar-velous tales of the wonders of the greatlake. Birds that attempted to fly overits surface, it was said, fell dead. Ear- 70. HOW THE MEN OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LIVE IN THE FIELD. lier reports told of strange, weird peoplesinhabiting its shores, of cities of fabulouswealth and grandeur built upon moun-tainous but fertile islands. The old myths have been dispelled ;the old trappers and their romantic lives,Pocotello and his marauding Indians, thestruggling pioneer and settler, have allgiven way to the new reality—comfort-able living and civilization. Salt LakeCity stands on what was once the bot-tom of Lake Bonneville, whose foam-crested waves rolled a thousand feetabove her present streets. The abundance of game that wasfound here by the pioneer has largelygone, also, and the sportsmen of to-dayare greatly interested in the preservationof what remains, and not only the city,but every town and hamlet in the val-ley, has, in proportion to the population,an unusually large number of men de-voted to rod and gun. For example, SaltLake City has an organization knownas the Hot Air Club, f
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