 Joseph Pardee

Joseph Thomas Pardee (* 30 May 1871 in Salt Lake City, Utah; † 2 March 1960 in Philipsburg, Montana) was a U.S. geologist who worked for the U.S. Geological Survey, and contributed to the understanding of the origin of the Channeled Scablands.He discovered the trail of evidence left by Glacial Lake Missoula, a lake created by an ice dam wide and high during the most recent ice age.