Goodyear, Miles (1817–1849), a United States pioneer. Goodyear was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He came west with the Marcus Whitman expedition during 1835–36. As an Indian trader and fur trapper, Goodyear explored the Snake River and Great Salt Lake region. About 1845 he built the first homestead in Utah, on the present site of Ogden. He sold the property to the Mormons in 1847 and moved to California.