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  Fremont Fair: Welcome
Fremont Fair is located in the funky and friendly Fremont neighborhood—Seattle, Washington's own "Center of the Universe."
And while Fremont Fair continues to emphasize good times, don't forget about the good work it does by raising awareness and understanding of the needs of low-income people in our community.
Presented by Solid Ground, formerly Fremont Public Association (FPA), all donations received during this FREE event go directly to fund Solid Ground programs that provide shelter, food, advocacy and care for low-income families and individuals throughout Seattle and King County.
www.fremontfair.com   (239 words)

  
  Captain John Charles Fremont and the Bear Flag Revolt
The Fremont Party having traversed the territory as far north as Klamath on the California/Oregon border, turned south upon hearing that a proclamation had been issued by General Castro, aimed at driving out foreigners from the province.
Fremont remained in the background of events, not wishing to involve the United States in any altercations the Osos might be involved in; however, he and his force had already been branded "bandits" by General Castro, after an alleged horse stealing episode near Salinas during May 1846.
Captain Fremont saluted the Bear Flaggers, whose force now numbered ninety, when both the flag of the United States and California Republic were raised on July 4, 1846, in celebration of United States and California Independence.
www.militarymuseum.org /fremont.html   (774 words)

  
 Fremont travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Fremont [1] is a suburban city in the southeast Bay Area in Alameda County.
Unlike most sprawling suburbs, Fremont was planned and was meant to be the way it is. In the 1950s, fearing that they would be annexed by the growing city of Hayward to the north, seven very small towns decided to unite to avoid annexation.
Fremont is bordered by Milpitas to the south and Union City to the north, and it entirely surrounds the small city of Newark.
wikitravel.org /en/Fremont   (2132 words)

  
 Fremont
Fremont students come from around the world and bring with them a wide range of languages and cultures, providing the campus with rich cultural diversity.
Fremont strives to be responsive to the changing, dynamic needs of its student population.
Fremont’s mission and the staff’s resolution to see that the goals for students are met within the context of top-notch customer service make it a worthy choice for student attendance.
www.scusd.edu /adult_schools/fremont/index.htm   (527 words)

  
 CASDE | Fremont -- Dodge County
Fremont became the construction supply point for the railroad as it built westward, and it was a stop-over place for many-thousands of pioneers.
Fremont boasts a varied and acclaimed educational system, both in public and private elementary and secondary schools, and Midland Lutheran College, a four-year, liberal arts school.
Fremont's hospital and its vast array of medical specialists, ranging from general practitioners to oral maxillafacial surgeons, attract patients from many surrounding counties.
www.casde.unl.edu /history/counties/dodge/fremont   (995 words)

  
 People of the Colorado Plateau-The Fremont Peoples
"Fremont" is actually a catch-all term used to describe scattered groups of hunters and farmers as diverse as the landscapes they inhabited and somewhat difficult to classify.
Fremont farming techniques appear to have been as sophisticated as those of other contemporary farming societies, involving water diversion techniques such as irrigation.
Whatever the case for the Fremont demise, it is clear that these resourceful and impressive ancients had great knowledge of the land that they inhabited, allowing them to thrive for over fifteen hundred years.
www.cpluhna.nau.edu /People/fremont.htm   (1074 words)

  
 Fremont, Seattle, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Named after Fremont, Nebraska, the hometown of two of its founders, L. Griffith and E. Blewett, it is situated along the Fremont Cut of the Lake Washington Ship Canal to the north of Queen Anne, the east of Ballard, the south of Phinney Ridge, and the southwest of Wallingford.
The neighborhood's main thoroughfares are Fremont and Aurora Avenues N. (north- and southbound) and N. 46th, 45th, 36th, and 34th Streets (east- and westbound).
In addition to Lenin is the Fremont Troll, an 18-foot tall concrete sculpture of a troll crushing a Volkswagen Beetle in its left hand, created in 1990 and situated under the north end of the Aurora Bridge.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fremont,_Seattle,_Washington   (634 words)

  
 Fremont, Michigan 49412 - InfoMI.com
Fremont is located in western Newaygo County and bordered on the southwest by Fremont Lake, where many of its residents live.
Fremont is the largest city in Newaygo County and is supported by a diverse economic base including many small businesses and medium-to-large sized manufacturing facilities.
Fremont’s first settler was Daniel R. Joslin, who built a cabin here in 1854, calling it "Elm Corners." In 1855, Daniel Weaver became the first postmaster and he named the town Weaversville.
www.infomi.com /city/fremont   (183 words)

  
 Historic Fremont Indian Culture Facts Utah Indians Pictures Map
Fremont is the name given to diverse groups of Native American Indians that inhabited the western Colorado Plateau and the eastern Great Basin area from 400 A.D. to 1350 A.D..
In many cases, the Fremont Indians that embraced agriculture were using flood irrigation to grow corn, squash, and beans in the semi-aired land.
The pithouses of the Fremont were low semi-subterranean structures covered with brush with a fire ring in the center.
www.thefurtrapper.com /fremont_indians.htm   (1452 words)

  
 Fremont Township
John Charles Fremont's fame as the "pathmarker" was the result of his informative documentation of the West.
Fremont retraced the routes of the former explorers and with his skillful map making, his supremely accurate surveys helped later pioneer American's find their way West.
General Fremont was the first Republican candidate to run for the presidency of the United States of America.
wvls.lib.wi.us /ClarkCounty/fremont/index.htm   (636 words)

  
 Fremont, New Hampshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The town was renamed Fremont in 1854, after General John C. Fremont, who was the first candidate of the Republican Party in the presidential election of 1856.
Fremont's population increased by a total of 2,812 residents over fifty years, going from 698 in 1950 to 3,510 residents in 2000.
The 2004 Census estimate for Fremont was 3,875 residents, which ranked 94th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.
www.nhes.state.nh.us /elmi/htmlprofiles/fremont.html   (345 words)

  
 John Charles Fremont Biography Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As a Union general, Fremont's major Civil War contribution was more political than military when he focused Union attention on the role emancipation should play in the North's war policy.
Fremont's popularity and his antislavery position were equally instrumental in his being chosen the Republican Party's first presidential nominee in 1856, the youngest man yet to run for the office.
Attempting to gain a political advantage in the absence of a military one, Fremont, in an unprecedented and unauthorized move, issued a startling proclamation at the end of the month declaring martial law in Missouri and ordering that secessionists' property be confiscated and their slaves emancipated.
www.civilwarhome.com /fremontbio.htm   (546 words)

  
 FREMONT / Neighbors evacuated after bombs found
Two people were arrested on suspicion of possessing explosive materials after police discovered a bomb in the suspects' car and another bomb at their Fremont home, authorities said Friday.
The discovery of the explosives at the suspects' home at Boone Drive and Burr Avenue in Fremont prompted police to evacuate about 40 homes in the neighborhood overnight.
Fremont's SWAT team evacuated about 40 homes within a 300-foot radius of the house, police Detective Bill Veteran said.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/27/BAGHIT25IU.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea   (406 words)

  
 Welcome to the Fremont Main Library - Alameda County Library Branch
Fremont Main is the largest building and has the highest circulation in the Alameda County Library family and shares its building with the Alameda County Library Administration.
Fremont Library Advisory Commission advises the City Council and the Librarian on library facilities and services.
The Fremont Friends of the Library, a non-profit volunteer organization, was established in 1965.
www.aclibrary.org /branches/frm/fremonthome.asp   (206 words)

  
 Capitol Reef - Petroglyph Pullout
The Fremont were a Puebloid group who had strong cultural affiliations with their better-known contemporaries, the Anasazi.
The Fremont maintained a hunting and gathering lifestyle and supplemented their diet by farming; growing corn, beans and squash along the river bottoms.
Unlike the Anasazi who wore yucca fiber sandals, the Fremont made moccasins from the hide of large animals, such as deer, with the dew claw placed on the sole to act as a hobnail; providing extra traction on slippery surfaces.
www.nps.gov /care/petpull.htm   (1036 words)

  
 Fremont Troll, Seattle, Washington
The Fremont troll has been lurking under the north end of the Aurora bridge since 1990.
Of which there are plenty: Fremont is also home to the Largest Lenin statue in the US.
Despite the troll's name, it is not under the nearby Fremont bridge.
www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/WASEAtroll.html   (313 words)

  
 Fremont, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fremont is in the Fremont Unified School District and the Ohlone Community College District.
The Fremont USD has five comprehensive high schools for students in grades 9-12: Washington, Mission San Jose, Irvington, American and Kennedy.
Olympic skater Kristi Yamaguchi grew up in Fremont (she was a graduate of Mission San Jose High School) as did Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley (Eckersley was a 1972 graduate of Washington High School).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fremont,_California   (2312 words)

  
 Seattle/Fremont - Wikitravel
Seattle's Fremont district, which bills itself as "The Center of the Universe", is known for its quirky atmosphere (although the recent arrival of several major corporate tenants, including Adobe Systems, has somewhat undercut its bohemian image).
"The Artists' Republic of Fremont" (another of neighborhood's self-proclaimed titles) has some of the most distinctive public art of any city in the U.S. Waiting for the Interurban is a statue of five people (and a dog) waiting for the trolley that has not existed since the 1930s.
The Fremont Troll (under the Aurora Bridge, officially called the "George Washington Memorial Bridge" but no one will know what you're talking about if you call it that.) The Troll is a concrete statue eating a full size Volkswagen Bug.
wikitravel.org /en/Seattle/Fremont   (468 words)

  
 Megan's Law
The Fremont Police Department is committed to keeping children safe and parents informed about sexual offenders living near them.
In 1997, the Fremont Police Department in conjunction with the Fremont Unified School District and State and Private Schools initiated a plan to provide parents with maps showing the locations of sexual offenders living within a one mile radius of their child's school.
By entering the Fremont Police Department's Megan's Law Registered Sex Offender website, I agree that the information I am accessing is to be used for informational purposes only and will not be used to intimidate, harass or for the purpose of taking any unlawful action against any registered sex offender.
www.fremontpolice.org /megan/megan.html   (478 words)

  
 Beans Around The World - Fremont (Seattle), WA
Although the locals like to refer to Fremont as the "Center of the Universe" or "Seattle's Left Bank", this artistically cool community of 14,000 people is located just North of Downtown Latte-Land.
As previously mentioned, Fremont is an artist's paradise - that should be obvious the moment you cross the Fremont bridge and stumble across a 7-ton bronze statue of the one-and-only Vladimir Lenin.
The story goes that the statue was originally designed by Emil Vontov and erected in Slovakia in the twilight of the Communist era, which didn't sit too well in the late 80's, and poor Vlad found himself torn down by angry counter-revolutionaries in 1989.
www.beans-around-the-world.com /fremont.html   (872 words)

  
 Fremont California | Fremont Restaurants | Real Estate
A winner of the National Civic League's "All-America City" award, Fremont's great weather, high quality of life and proximity to San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland are among the reasons that so many smart people call it home.
Fremont's roots include the 1797 establishment of Mission San Jose and a brief heyday as a filmmaking location during the silent movie era, when Charlie Chaplin was a frequent visitor.
Fremont officially became a city when five of the eight rural towns that comprised Washington Township--Centerville, Irvington, Niles, Mission San Jose and Warm Springs--incorporated in 1956.
www.fremont-california.com   (422 words)

  
 Fremont County Auditor
The Fremont County Auditor's Office supplies alcoholic beverage application forms for all Fremont County establishments located outside the city limits who wish to sell alcoholic beverages.
Once the applicant has completed the necessary paperwork, it is submitted to the Fremont County Board of Supervisors for their approval.
The Fremont County Auditor's Office supplies retail cigarette applications for all Fremont County establishments located outside the city limits who wish to obtain a permit to sell retail cigarettes.
www.co.fremont.ia.us /fremcoaudt.htm   (704 words)

  
 Fremont Center of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation
As a center for health and healing, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation's (PAMF) Fremont Center has provided family-centered health care for Fremont and the Tri-City area residents of the East Bay since 1984 and has grown rapidly since opening its doors.
The Fremont Community Health Resource Center provides free health information to the general public.
Fremont offers health classes and lectures -- please check our education calendar for available classes and lectures.
www.pamf.org /fremont   (2194 words)

  
 Fremont Real Estate Agents, Fremont Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Fremont
Fremont is located in Alameda County in the San Francisco South East Bay Area.
Fremont provides its community with an abundance of recreational facilities and activities for all ages, plus an assortment of restaurants and café’s, as well as an art gallery and a local history museum.
HomeGain has services to help you find a top Fremont real estate broker or agent, get the value of your Fremont home and a comparative market analysis (CMA), view Fremont real estate and MLS listings, prepare your home for sale, and more.
www.homegain.com /local_real_estate/CA/fremont.html   (731 words)

  
 Road rage in Fremont involves SUV driver, bicyclist
Road rage in Fremont involves SUV driver, bicyclist
A road-rage incident involving a bicyclist and motorist rattled the Fremont neighborhood with yelling, a near hit and the rider striking a sport utility vehicle's window, Seattle police said.
Friday as a Seattle man in his late 30s was pedaling a bicycle northbound across the Fremont Bridge, when he heard honks and cries from a man driving a maroon 2006 Nissan Murano.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/337174_roadrage29.html?source=rss   (829 words)

  
 Fremont, NE News
A former Missouri man accused of terrorizing a Fremont woman and shooting at police gave notice Monday in Dodge County District Court that he would rely on an insanity plea.
A Fremont City Council member isn't satisfied with an explanation from Time Warner Cable after complaints about the cable provider's new digital video recorder system surfaced.
Fremont area residents will get a chance to give their opinions about a proposed U.S. Highway 77 bypass this week.
www.topix.net /city/fremont-ne   (562 words)

  
 Fremont Dentist CA, Dentist in Fremont, Cosmetic Dentist Fremont
We are located at the Intersection of Fremont Blvd and Eggers Drive in Fremont, right next to Washington High School.
Take Left on Fremont Blvd. After passing Washington High on the right, take a right turn on Eggers drive and an immediate left into the parking lot of 38350 Fremont Blvd.
Take a right on Fremont Blvd. and a left on Eggers Drive and immediate left into the parking lot.
www.fremont-ca-dentist.com /pages/directions.asp   (523 words)

  
 Fremont, California CA, city profile (Alameda County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, in the San Francisco-Oakland metro area.
Fremont is on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Fremont was $31,411, compared with $21,587 nationally.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=10182   (972 words)

  
 Welcome to the Fremont Market!
Established in 1990, the Fremont Market has evolved into a thriving and diverse European-style, world flea market that goes all year 'round every Sunday.
The market is one mile north of the space needle at the north end of the Fremont bridge, an easy 10 minute ride from downtown Seattle or the waterfront.
In 2000 the Market split in two, sending the Farmers Market and a number of our original craftsmen to the adjoining neighborhood of Ballard, where it continues to thrive today as our sister market in the picturesque old historic section of Ballard Avenue.
www.fremontmarket.com /fremont   (291 words)

  
 PCC Natural Markets | Fremont PCC
Turn left at the light onto Fremont Ave N, then right on N 34th St. The store is on the right at the corner of N 34th St and Evanston St. Free parking in our underground parking entrance off Evanston Street.
After the stop sign, move immediately to the left lane and turn left at first light, onto Fremont Ave N, then right on N 34th St. The store is on the right at the corner of N 34th St and Evanston St. Free parking in our underground parking entrance off Evanston Street.
It maintains an east-west route through the heart of Fremont along N. 34th Street between Stone Way N. and Phinney Avenue N. On Sundays, the detour between Evanston and Phinney will shift one block north onto N. 35th Street to accommodate the Fremont Sunday Market.
www.pccnaturalmarkets.com /locations/fr.html   (340 words)

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