| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 366 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published under title: Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-'44. Washington, D.C. : Gales and Seaton, 1845. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Untitled -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction by Anne F. Hyde -- A Report on an Exploration of the Country Lying Between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the Line of the Kansas and Great Platte Rivers -- A Report of the Exploring Expedition to Oregon and North California, in the Years 1843-44 -- Notes |
| Summary |
In 1842 John C. Frémont led a party of twenty-five men on a five-month journey from Saint Louis to the Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains; his goal: to chart the best route to Oregon. In 1843 Frémont was commissioned for another expedition, to explore the Great Salt Lake, Washington, eastern California, Carson Pass, and the San Joaquin Valley, places that did not yet belong to the United States. His journals from these expeditions, edited in collaboration with his wife, Jessie Benton Frémont, and published by Congress, thrilled the nation and firmly established Frémont's persona as the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
|
|
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
|
|
Rocky Mountains -- Discovery and exploration.
|
|
Rocky Mountains. |
|
Discoveries in geography. |
|
Rocky Mountains Region. |
|
Rocky Mountains -- Description and travel.
|
|
Pacific States -- Discovery and exploration.
|
|
Pacific States -- Description and travel.
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Hyde, Anne Farrar, 1960- writer of the introduction.
|
| Added Title |
Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-'44 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87881046
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-'44. Frémont's first impressions. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012 9780803271357 (DLC) 2012006241 (OCoLC)778636725 |
| ISBN |
9780803271456 (electronic book) |
|
080327145X (electronic book) |
|
9780803271357 |
|
0803271352 |
|
1283554097 |
|
9781283554091 |
|
9786613866547 |
|
6613866547 |
|
