Peter Skene Ogden

Bannocks. Nevada remained virtually unknown until the early expeditions carried out by the Spaniards. It seems that these early Spanish explorations in the region began around 1776. Then the trappers and traders, including Jedediah Smith and Peter Skene Ogden, entered the Nevada area during the 1820s. For its part, Spain was not doing anything to occupy or control what is now Nevada, a region virtually terra incognita huge and there was no permanent European population and the territory was considered