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Fremont and Jessie Benton Fire Career of Explorer
William Bates recounts John C. Fremont's rise after his 1843 West expedition writings edited by Jessie Benton Fremont. The piece notes Benton's influential push, immigrant trails to Oregon, and Fremont's topographical missions, from Savannah birth to Sacramento returns, detailing Kit Carson, Walker, Bent's Fort, and the Monterey mission era in early 1846.
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John C. Fremont
Washington, D.C
Capitol
Sutter's Fort
Jessie Benton Fremont
Fremont
Sen
Thomas Benton
Missouri
Pacific Coast
New England
William B. Ide
Bonney Brothers
Salomon Sublette
Jacob Snyder
U.S
Winfield Scott
California
Great White Desert
Savannah
Irving Stove
Richmond, Va
Pryor
Charleston
Augusta
North Carolina
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Poinsett
Joseph Nicoliel
Mississippi River
Des Moines River
Washington
Hea
Jessie Benton
Benton
Jessie
Pacific
Oregon Trail
Joe Walker
Kit Carson
Bent
Salt Lake
Pilot Peak
Carson River
Walker and Talbot
Sierra Nevada
Kit’ Carson
Sierras
Walker’s Lake
Sierra
Sutter
San Joaquin
Merced
Madera
Walker
King’s River
Carson
Sutter's
Oregon
Ans Row
Embarcadero
Alviso
Pueblo of
San Jose
Kern River
Santa Clara Valley
Hinkley
New
Almaden
Los Gatos
Yerba Buena