Fremont's Greatest Western Exploration: The Dalles to Pyramid Lake

by John C. Frémont

Book by Stewart, John L., Fremont, John Charles

151 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1999

About the author

American explorer, soldier, and politician John Charles Frémont explored and mapped much of the American West and Northwest, served a United States senator from California from 1850 to 1851, and ran for president in 1856.

This military officer lost the election to James Buchanan, a Democrat, and ran against Abraham Lincoln before the elections in 1864. Frémont brokered a political deal, in which Lincoln removed Montgomery Blair, postmaster general, from office and afterward abandoned his political campaign in September 1864.

He purchased the Pacific railroad, losing the major part of his fortune on this proven unsuccessful investment.
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, president, appointed him governor of Arizona from 1878 to 1881.

Reviews

[A · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is an abbreviated version of Fremont's narrative "Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, and North California." This volume is about the trip from Fort Vancouver and The Dalles to Pyramid Lake. There are maps and addenda that are updates on the area. The maps are pretty much useless.