Étienne Provost (December 21 1785 – 3 July 1850)[1] was a Canadian fur trader whose trapping and trading activities in the American southwest preceded Mexican independence.
[2] Leading a company headquartered in Taos, in what is today New Mexico, he was active in the Green River drainage and the central portion of modern Utah.
He made his home in St. Louis, Missouri for 10 years marveling at the Arkansas River as late 1814 with Joseph Philibert.
His party was attacked by Snake Indians in October 1824 at the Jordan River near its mouth at the Great Salt Lake.
After returning to St. Louis in 1826, he became an employee of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company.