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FREEMONT
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John Charles FREEMONT was born 21 January 1813 in Savannah, Georgia, USA
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1813 Birth 21 January 1813
Savannah, Georgia, USA
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JOHN CHARLES FREMONT. the first Republican candidate for president, was born in Savannah, Georgia, January 21, 1813. He graduated from Charleston College (South Carolina) in 1830, and turned his attention to civil engineering. He was shortly afterward employed in the department of government surveys on the Mississippi, and constructing maps of that region. He was made lieutenant of engineers, and laid before the war department a plan for penetrating the Rocky Mountain regions, which was accepted, and in 1842 he set out upon his first famous exploring expedition and explored the South Pass. He also planned an expedition to Oregon by a new route further south, but afterward joined his expedition with that of Wilkes in the region of the Great Salt Lake. He made a later expedition which penetrated the Sierra Nevadas, and the San Joaquin and Sacramento river valleys, making maps of all regions explored.
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A Biographical Record Of Schuyler County, New York, S. J. Clarke, 1903
JOHN CHARLES FREMONT. the first Republican candidate for president, was born in Savannah, Georgia, January 21, 1813. He graduated from Charleston College (South Carolina) in 1830, and turned his attention to civil engineering. He was shortly afterward employed in the department of government surveys on the Mississippi, and constructing maps of that region. He was made lieutenant of engineers, and laid before the war department a plan for penetrating the Rocky Mountain regions, which was accepted, and in 1842 he set out upon his first famous exploring expedition and explored the South Pass. He also planned an expedition to Oregon by a new route further south, but afterward joined his expedition with that of Wilkes in the region of the Great Salt Lake. He made a later expedition which penetrated the Sierra Nevadas, and the San Joaquin and Sacramento river valleys, making maps of all regions explored.
In 1845 he conducted the great expedition which resulted in the acquisition of...Read MORE...
A Biographical Record Of Schuyler County, New York, S. J. Clarke, 1903
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states. 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
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Name: John C. Freemont
Gender: Male
Burial Place: Nyack, N.Y.
Death Date: 13 Jul 1890
Death Place: New York, New York
Age: 77
Birth Date: 1813
Birthplace: Ga.
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Name: John C. Freemont
Gender: Male
Burial Place: Nyack, N.Y.
Death Date: 13 Jul 1890
Death Place: New York, New York
Age: 77
Birth Date: 1813
Birthplace: Ga.
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1890 - Gen. John C. Fremont died at the home of his adopted daughter, in New York, at 3:30 Sunday afternoon, of inflammation of the bowels.
John C. Freemont in 1842 led the first expedition of exploration into the Rocky Mountains and by his actions won the sobriquet of 'Pathfinder.' He was born in 1813. He was the first candidate of the republican party for president, in 1856.
The Algona Republican
Algona, Iowa
July 16, 1890
John C. Freemont in 1842 led the first expedition of exploration into the Rocky Mountains and by his actions won the sobriquet of 'Pathfinder.' He was born in 1813. He was the first candidate of the republican party for president, in 1856.
The Algona Republican
Algona, Iowa
July 16, 1890
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