Fremont’s second exploration was made in 1843, his party consisting principally of Creole and Canadian French, and Americans, amounting in all to 39 men. To make the exploration as useful as possible, Colonel Fremont determined to vary the route to the Rocky Mountains from that followed in 1842.
John C. Frémont | Colorado Encyclopedia, John C. Fremont and Exploration of the American West …
John C. Frémont | American explorer, military officer, and …
John C. Frémont | American explorer, military officer, and …
…sent by the government included John C. Frémont, who led expeditions to northern Utah in 1843 and the western Great Salt Lake area in 1845.… Rocky Mountains: Study and exploration …important were the expeditions of John C. Frémont in the 1840s.
John C . Frémont and Charles Preuss, Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Years 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the Years 1843–44 (1845). Upon completing his survey of the southern portion of the Utah Valley in 1844, Frémont incorrectly assumed that Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake were one body of water …
Military officer, explorer, and politician John Charles Fremont (1813-90) led several expeditions through present-day Colorado from 1843-53. His travels through Northern Colorado in 1843 helped create a series of famous Oregon Trail maps.
After serving under the leadership of Joseph N. Nicollet, Frémont was given his first chance to lead his own expedition. Frémont’s skills as a surveyor, mathematician, explorer, and leader would be tested as he explored deeper into the American West. Frémont’s first.
In 1838-39, John C. Frémont accompanied the French explorer, Joseph N. Nicollet, to the Missouri River area. In 1840, while in Washington, he met Jessie Benton, the 15-year-old daughter of Missouri’s senator, Thomas Hart Benton. The two fell in love and hoped to be married, but her parents resisted because of her age. The couple eloped in 1841.
3/31/2009 · 2 Responses to “Col. Fremont’s Tragic Expedition ” John B. Weller: Gold Rush Era Politician « YesterYear Once More Says: April 28, 2009 at 12:06 am | Reply […] 1851, the California legislature elected him to the U. S. Senate as a Union Democrat to succeed John C . Fremont .
6/26/2008 · Report of the Exploring Expedition of the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842. By John Charles Frémont, John Torrey, James Hall. Published 1845. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California. By John Charles Frémont. Published 1853. The Life of Col. John Charles Fremont . By John Charles Frémont, Samuel Mosheim Smucker.
