W. Price Hunt
American pioneer
Died when: 59 years 24 days (708 months)Star Sign: Pisces
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.
The Astorians, as they have become known, were the first major party to cross to the Pacific after the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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