Chauncey Nye (1823–1900) was a pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon who was best known as the first person to publish an account about Crater Lake.
Born in Michigan in 1823 to Nathan Nye, he accompanied his brother Nathan B. Nye (1831–1913) to Logtown, (Presently, El Dorado) El Dorado County, California in 1849 or early 1850, during the California Gold Rush to work claims in that area.
[citation needed] By 1852, Nathan had arrived in a pioneer party in Oregon, and Chauncey may have come with him.
"[2]By 1870, Chauncey had given up hunting gold[citation needed] and settled down on a farm with his wife Amarantha, who was born about 1834 in Illinois or Michigan.
[3] The family lived for at least thirty years at Flounce Rock, Jackson County, Oregon.