Wilson Price Hunt | |
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| Born | March 20, 1783 Asbury, New Jersey |
| Died | April 13, 1842 (aged 59) Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Occupation(s) | Explorer, pioneer, farmer, postmaster |
Wilson Price Hunt (March 20, 1783 – April 13, 1842) was an early pioneer and explorer of the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Employed as an agent in the fur trade under John Jacob Astor, Hunt organized and led the greater part of a group of about 60 men on an overland expedition to establish a fur trading outpost at the mouth of the Columbia River.[1][2] The Astorians, as they have become known, were the first major party to cross to the Pacific after the Lewis and Clark Expedition.[3]
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1884). History of the Northwest Coast, vol. 2. In Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, vol. XXVIII. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company. pp. 178–235.
- ^ Mountain Men: Explorers and Guides
- ^ Elliot, T.C. (1931). "Wilson Price Hunt, 1783-1842". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 32 (2): 130–134.