John Hillman, Henry Klippel, and Isaac Skeeters, were in search
of the legendary "Lost Cabin" gold mine when they were
the first to see Crater Lake in 1853.
In the spring of 1846 John C. Fremont came
through the Crater Lake area on his third official exploring expedition to
the West and camped on the west edge of Klamath Lake.
In 1827 Peter Skene Ogden, head of the Hudson's Bay Company
brigades combing the Snake River country, led a trapping and
exploring expedition to the area that sought furs and also the
location of a large river rumored to have been found there. They
reached Klamath Lake in 1826.
