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		Fremont was born January 21, 1813, in Savannah, Georgia, to Anne Whiting Prior of Richmond, Virginia and Jean Charles Fremon of Lyon, France.
		Fremont's Ironclad Navy USS Benton, a 1033-ton ironclad river gunboat, was converted from a catamaran snagboat at Saint Louis, Missouri, for the Army's Western Gunboat Flotilla...
		Fremont Resigns The AOV combined the Mountain Department of John C. Fremont, Banks' Department of the Shenandoah, and McDowells' Department of the Rappohannock...
	www.museumoflocalhistory.org /fremont/links.php (1063 words)

	The First 100 Persons Who Shaped Southern Nevada
		John C. Fremont, seated, recognized Kit Carson, standing, for the unlettered genius he must have been after their first chance meeting on a steamer.
		John C. Fremont put Las Vegas on the map, but it was almost a footnote to his accomplishments which included provoking a war, running for president, and freeing slaves before Abraham Lincoln did.
		Fremont himself was appointed governor of Arizona Territory from 1878 until 1881, when he moved back to New York to seek financing for various ideas to develop the West.
	www.1st100.com /part1/fremont.html (3385 words)

	John Charles Fremont (1813-1890): The Man for Whom Fort Fremont was Named (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fremont's father, Jean-Charles Frémont, was a schoolteacher and French immigrant (whence the frequent spelling of "Frémont" with the acute accent).
		On Fremont's return, 10,000 copies of his report were printed, fueling the expansionism that marked the beginning of James K. Polk's presidency, the survey of the northern shores of the Great Salt Lake influencing the Mormons' decision to settle in Utah.
		Fremont became a lieutenant colonel in the Mounted Rifles on his third expedition to California (1845) and led a battalion of volunteers in the Mexican War.
	www.bcgov.org /bftlib/jcfremont.htm (818 words)

	John Fremont
		Fremont must at once be given large and important military command, and predicting that the genius and energy of this remarkable man would soon astonish the country.
		Fremont was, indeed, promptly made a major general in the regular army, and entrusted with the command of the Department of the West, including the State of Illinois and all the country from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains, with headquarters at St. Louis.
		Fremont's headquarters seemed to have a marked attraction for rascally speculators of all sorts, and there was much scandal caused by the awarding of profitable contracts of persons of bad repute.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAfremont.htm (1566 words)

	John C. Frémont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813–July 13, 1890), born John Charles Fremon, was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the United States Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery.
		He was born in Savannah, Georgia, the illegitimate son of a prominent Virginia society woman and a penniless French refugee, a social handicap that he helped to overcome by marrying Jessie Benton, the daughter of Thomas Hart Benton.
		Fremont Peak in the Wind River Mountains is also named for the explorer, as is the John C. Fremont Branch Library, located on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_C._Fremont (589 words)

	John Charles Fremont
		Fremont, John C., major-general, was born in Savannah, Ga., Jan. 21, 1813 and was educated at Charleston college, from which he was expelled before graduation, although subsequently, in 1836, he was given his degree by the college authorities.
		Fremont's known opposition to slavery won him the presidential nomination of the Republican party in 1856, but in the election he was defeated by Buchanan, who received 174 electoral votes to Fremont's 114.
		Fremont was relieved of his command, Nov. 2, 1861, many complaints having been made of his administration, but in March, 1862, he was placed in command of the Mountain Department of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.
	www.civilwarstlouis.com /Bios/Fremont.htm (1053 words)

	Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont
		Fremont was one of four major generals appointed by President Abraham Lincoln at the outset of the Civil War, receiving his commission on May 14, 1861.
		Fremont viewed his move as a brilliant war measure, whereas Lincoln viewed it as a swipe at border state loyalists — an ill-conceived attempt to turn the war to save the Union into a war to abolish slavery.
		Fremont’s removal from the public eye was short-lived as in March 1862, he returned to service as commander of the newly created Mountain Department.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/mo/county/stlouis/fremont.htm (1464 words)

	John Charles Fremont - People of Georgia
		Fremont's reports of his explorations included not only the geography and layout of the land, but also included descriptions of strategic locations, botanical notes, and geological observations.
		When gold was discovered in California, Fremont's land was suddenly worth a fortune, and he soon became a very wealthy man. In 1850 John Fremont became one of the first two senators from California.
		John Fremont died in New York state in 1890, having lived a life full of immense successes and unimaginable setbacks, a life of exploration, adventure, and discovery.
	www.netstate.com /states/peop/people/ga_jcf.htm (735 words)

	John C. Fremont
		John C. Fremont (1813-1890) one of the most famous and popular of explorers, grew up the illegitimate child of a prominent woman of Virginia society, and a penniless French refugee.
		Fremont’s next big conquest was to marry Jessie Benton, the daughter of the very influential senator from Missouri, Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858).
		With his wife Jessie’s help, Fremont’s written, published accounts of his expeditions became wildly popular with the public, and he became known as the "Pathfinder." Fremont’s expeditions, while not accomplishing a great deal scientifically, were very important in advancing the cause of Manifest Destiny.
	klesinger.com /jbp/fremont.html (507 words)

	CVO Menu - Cascades Volcano Observatory - The Volcanoes of John C. Fremont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fremont's published reports and Charles Preuss' maps became widely used by western travelers and were even quoted by emigrants in their journals.
		The Fremont expedition emerged from the basin by a narrow pass upon the Warm Springs River and descending the stream came upon hot springs (Kahneeta) situated on both sides of the river.
		Fremont commented that those on the east side were formed into deep handsome basins, which would have been delightful baths and measured their temperature at 89 degrees.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /LivingWith/Historical/volcanoes_jc_fremont.html (930 words)

	Fremont, John C -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		Harsanyi, John C. Hungarian-American economist who shared the 1994 Nobel Prize for Economics with John F. Nash and Reinhard Selten for helping to develop game theory, a branch of mathematics that attempts to analyze situations involving conflicting interests and to formulate appropriate choices and behaviours for the competitors involved.
		Calhoun, John C. An influential Southern statesman, John C. Calhoun was a fervent supporter of states' rights and the expansion of slavery.
		Breckinridge, John C. When the Democratic party nominated James Buchanan of Pennsylvania for United States president in 1856, John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky was a natural choice for vice-president in order to balance the ticket between North and South.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article?eu=390231 (909 words)

	Governor John C. Fremont
		Born in Savannah Georgia to John C. Fremont and Mrs.
		Fremont returned to the Arizona territory in October of 1881 and resigned his office.
		John Gosper's political aspirations were dashed when another was appointed governor for the territory.
	jeff.scott.tripod.com /Fremont.html (730 words)

	John C. Fremont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John C. Fremont, 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Topographical Engineers, is credited with the first siting of Lake Tahoe by a white man, the first crossing of the Sierra Nevada in winter over what is today called Kit Carson Pass (8,574 feet) and the first ascent of Red Lake Peak on February 14, 1844.
		Fremont’s party was particularly strong as it included the famous scouts Kit Carson and Thomas Fitzpatrick.
		Fremont’s decision could not have been an easy one to reach, for the month was February and he was committing his party to an unknown route and to the first Sierra crossing ever attempted in the winter.
	pweb.jps.net /~prichins/fremont.htm (2878 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 (766 words)

	Which Mountain Did Fremont Climb?
		Fremont took a number of barometric pressure measurements during his trip into the Wind River Mountains.
		Since Fremont's campsite is located at 10,442', this yields an elevation at the summit of 13,739'.
		All of Fremont's barometric pressure measurements in the Wind River Mountains, excepts from Fremont's 1842 Expedition Report, excerpts from the Charles Preuss diary, and a full explanation of the elevation analysis is explained in
	home.pacbell.net /johngreb/fremont1842.htm (352 words)

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		Fremont's prominence as an explorer began in 1842 when, with Benton's sponsorship, he was given the assignment of surveying the OREGON TRAIL up the Platte River to South Pass.
		It was during his second expedition in 1843-44 that Fremont made the contributions to knowledge that were to secure his fame.
		Fremont resigned from the army in 1847, but he continued his explorations with private backing.
	www.libarts.ucok.edu /history/faculty/roberson/course/1483/suppl/chpXII/JohnCFremont.htm (336 words)

	John Fremont 1898 Stamp
		The 5-cent stamp in the set shows John C. Fremont holding an American flag atop the summit of a mountain, along with the caption "Fremont on Rocky Mountains." The engraved stamp was printed in dark blue.
		Fremont died on July 13, 1890 in New York City at age 76.
		In addition to the 1898 stamp, Fremont has been portrayed on a 29-cent stamp as one of 20 different subjects on the 1994 "Legends of the West" sheet of stamps.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/fremont1.htm (273 words)

	AllRefer.com - John Charles FrEmont (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		John Charles FrEmont 1813–90, American explorer, soldier, and political leader, b.
		FrEmont sided with Stockton and accepted from him an appointment as civil governor.
		FrEmont's early reports were combined as Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843–44 (1845).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/FremontJC.html (634 words)

	Fremont County Idaho Home
		Fremont County was organized by the Legislature March 4, 1893, from the northern part of Bingham County, with the county seat in St. Anthony.
		It was named for John C. Fremont, an explorer known as the "Pathfinder" who passed through the area in 1843 as he surveyed the West for the government.
		In 1903 Fremont County was made larger still, with the annexation of the Big Hole Mountain area.
	www.co.fremont.id.us (684 words)

	John C. Fremont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was the illegitimate son of a runaway southern belle and a French tutor.
		His name was originally Fremont, after the tutor, but he added the T when he was a young man. He lived in Charleston, South Carolina, and got a good education.
		In 1839, Frémont was a member of the expedition of the French explorer Joseph Nicolas Nicollet that mapped the region between the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
	hometown.aol.com /Gibson0817/fremont.htm (446 words)

	John C. Fremont
		Thirty-one year old Second Lieutenant John Charles Frémont's second Topographical Expedition left Missouri in June of 1843, and, mapping the Oregon Trail, had traveled to Fort Vancouver.
		This was the fate of John Charles Frémont,
		The nervous, rocky West is intruding a new and continental element into the National Mind, and we shall yet have an American.
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	JS Online: Exploring the 'Pathfinder's' life
		John C. Fremont was the most celebrated explorer of 19th-century America.
		Revered at the time of his westward explorations, Fremont later came to be seen as little more than "an advance scout for U.S. imperialism and anti-Indian genocidal policies," writes Chaffin.
		Apart from his dashing role as explorer, he was a candidate for president (the Republican party's first in 1856), a Civil War general, and, though he lacked skills for it, a mining and railroad magnate.
	www.jsonline.com /enter/books/reviews/mar03/125411.asp (251 words)

	Jackson's March Around Pope
		On June 26, 1862, John Pope was named by President Lincoln as Commander of a new federal army -- the Army of Virginia.
		The AOV combined the Mountain Department of John C. Fremont, Banks' Department of the Shenandoah, and McDowells' Department of the Rappohannock.
		Fremont detested Pope, and requested to be relieved on June 27.
	www.civilwarguns.com /2ndmnasas.html (1472 words)

	09 John Fremont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Several contemporaries of Joseph Smith claim he made statements as early as 1834 that the Saints "would go to the Rocky Mountains." By 1844, Joseph and other church leaders were openly discussing the prospects of moving the church to the Oregon country or somewhere in the West.
		This report of John C. Fremont's first expedition was greeted by Americans with great interest.
		A year later the reports of Fremont's first and second expeditions (displayed here) were combined and published by trade publishers Gales and Seaton, printers of The Daily National Intelligencer a Washington newspaper which also printed serial extracts of the reports.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~imaging/into/lvnauvoo/09fremd.html (429 words)

	John C. Fremont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fremont followed the trail to the Arkansas River and Met Kit Carson at the site of the city of Pueblo.
		Fremont and his survivors struggled south to Taos, New Mexico where Carson and others cared for them.
		In 1850 Fremont was elected as Senator of California and later ran for President but lost to James Buchanan.
	www.d11.org /bristol/Bristol_Wall/1870/front_1870_fremont.htm (408 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This experienced mountain man served as a guide to John C. Fremont during three of his western expeditions from 1842 to 1847.
		Carson was later appointed as an Indian Agent for the Ute Indians and also served in the Civil War.
		John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was one of the first Euro-Americans to see this area.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/mountain.htm (584 words)

	H2O University - 3 thru 5
		John C. Fremont traveled the roughest parts of the West to put new places on the map.
		Fremont was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1813.
		Once Fremont returned to Washington, Congress printed thousands of copies of his journal and the map of his trip.
	www.h2ouniversity.com /html/3-5_history_fremont.html (266 words)

	Kit Carson (DesertUSA)
		In 1842, while returning from Missouri, where he took his daughter to be educated in a convent, Carson happened to meet John C. Fremont on a Missouri Riverboat.
		Fremont hired Carson as guide for his1st expedition to map and describe Western trails to the Pacific Ocean.
		Carson was still serving as Fremont's guide when Fremont joined California's short-lived Bear-Flag Rebellion, just before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War in 1846.
	www.desertusa.com /mag99/jan/papr/kitcarson.html (837 words)

	eHistory.com - Periodicals: A History of the Civil War: Section Seven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John C. Fremont, the eminent explorer and meritorious
		Fremont had already formed a plan for ridding not only Missouri, but the whole Mississippi Valley, of armed insurgents, and for opening the navigation of the great river which was then obstructed by Confederate batteries at Memphis and elsewhere.
		At that time a larger Union force was at the State capital, under Colonel Jefferson C. Davis, and General John Pope was coming down from the country northward of the Missouri River, with five thousand more.
	www.ehistory.com /uscw/library/periodicals/ahotcw/section07/208.cfm (482 words)

	Torrey, Engelmann namesakes far from our trees North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County ...
		He also named and described many species that he did not personally collect, species that were sent to him by explorers such as John C. Fremont, whose expedition poked through California prior to statehood.
		Born in New York in 1796, Torrey studied medicine and developed such an interest in botany ---- the study of medicinal plants was part of a physician's training ---- that his career as a medical doctor was short-lived.
		John Torrey almost certainly examined the clump of five needles from the tree that bears his name.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2004/12/12/news/columnists/out_here/20_26_4912_11_04.txt (798 words)

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