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Peter Skene Ogden (alternately Skeene, Skein, or Skeen; baptised 12 February 1790 – 27 September 1854) was a British-Canadian fur trader and an early explorer of what is now British Columbia and the Western United States.
Peter Skene Ogden (born 1794, Quebec [Canada]—died September 27, 1854, Oregon City, Oregon Territory [U.S.]) was a Canadian fur trader and a major explorer of the American West—the Great Basin, Oregon and northern California, and the Snake River country.
More than any other figure during the years of the Pacific Northwest's beaver trade, Peter Skene Ogden epitomized that endeavor's transcontinental reach, its rapacious competition for wealth, and its relentless challenge to the stamina and skill of those in charge of trapping brigades.
Peter Skene Ogden, a fur trader employed by both the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company, worked throughout the Columbia region during the first half of the nineteenth century. Many acquaintances remarked on his intelligence and keen sense of humor, while others noted his profanity, difficult disposition, and brawling ways.
Peter Skene Ogden was one of the most important and turbulent personalities in the North American fur trade in the first half of the 19th century. He spent his first years in the fur trade as a servant (1809–21) of the North West Company.
In 1810 while a clerk for the North West Company, Peter Skene Ogden and a friend climbed over a stockade wall at a rival Hudson's Bay Company post and strutted around the yard with guns, intimidating the occupants.
Peter Skene Ogden, born in 1794, was an experienced trapper and mountain man who remained with the Hudson’s Bay Company after its 1821 merger with the Northwest Fur Company.
