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John Charles Fremont
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John Charles Fremont
John Charles Fremont, 1813-90. ... John Charles Fremont is most famous as the pathmarker of the West. ... Fremont retraced the routes of the former explorers. ...
Fremont was born on Jan. ... The family had little money, but young Fremont won the aid of well-to-do people. ... Fremont was known as brash young man, and in 1831 he was expelled from college for irregular attendance. ... In 1841 Fremont headed his own expedition into the Iowa country to survey the Des Moines River for Nicollet, and that same year he secretly married Jessie Benton, the 17-year-old daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton. ... Fremont made three major expeditions to the Far West in 1842, 1843-44, and 1845-47. ... Fremont led much of the revolt in Alta California that led to its admission as a State in the Union. ... In the American Civil War Fremont commanded the Western Department of the Union Army, but his rash political actions forced President Abraham Lincoln to remove him from the position. After the war Fremont lost his fortune through bad investments with railroads. His wife supported their family with her writing, until Fremont was made territorial governor of Arizona. ... In 1887 Fremont settled in California, and a few months before his death he was restored to his army rank of major general and was granted retirement pay. ...
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Frémont, John Charles
Frémont, John Charles (1813-1890), American explorer, army officer, and politician, noted for his explorations of the Far West. ... During the first, in 1842, he mapped most of the Oregon Trail and ascended, in present-day Wyoming, the second highest peak in the Wind River Mountains, afterward called Fremont Peak (4185 m/13,730 ft).
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Title: John Charles Fremont
Words: 1361
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Pages: 5.4
submitted by: rsalinks
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