"I fancied I could see Frémont's men hauling the cannon up the battlements of the Rocky Mountains, flags in the air, Frémont at the head, waving his sword, and unknown and unnamed empires at every hand. Now I began to be enflamed with a love for action, adventure, glory, and great deeds away out yonder under the path of the setting sun." Western poet Joaquin Miller's recollection of reading Frémont's Report as an Illinois farmboy. See also the bibliography for this website for books available online. search this website with keywords www.longcamp.com Search WWW These are some web pages that contain material for history papers.

There were many blacks associated with the early exploration and opening of the West: African born Esteban de Dorantes with Álvar Núñes Cabeza de Vaca and Fray Marcos de Niza; York with Lewis and Clark; and men such as Jim Beckworth--mountain man and Crow Chief. With Frémont was a black youth named Jacob Dodson. See also: People of Color on America's Western Frontier--a site created and maintained by researcher Bennie J. McRae, Jr. Overland Trail, a site created by Elizabeth Larson which includes links to people and events in western history. Here is the complete text of Frémont's Reports of the 1842 Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, and 1843-44 Expedition to Oregon, California, and the Southwest at Project Gutenberg. You can search it with your browser, or text editor for dates, locations, and events. Discoverers Web: A wonderful resourse! An indexed site with links to hundreds of web pages of explorers, discoveries, navigation. Jerry Dwyer's Frémont webpage: A site under construction which contains a biography on John C. Frémont. Here is a super page of links, a biography, and an image gallery for John Charles Frémont by Hugh Danaher. The Origins of the Fremont Expeditions: John J. Abert and the Scientific Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West. Vernon L. Volpe Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West with Col. Frémont's last Expedition by S. N. Carvalho. The whole account on the internet! The Pony Express Home Station: Be sure to visit this site. It has many interesting articles, and links to all aspects of western history. Topographical Engineers: A wonderful web site about the history of the Topographical Corps, including Frémont's Expeditions. A Short Guide to Celestial Navigation by Henning Umland. Celestial Navigation Net. This webpage is an attempt to bring together all of the best Celestial Navigation resources on the internet, with pointers to other resources as well. Encarta: Encyclopedia entry for Frémont. A biography: by a school class. Encycopedia Britannica entry for John Charles Frémont. Encycopedia Britannica entry for Kit Carson. About time and longitude and John Harrison. And I like this one from St. Andrews University on Longitude. A neat site at Rice University on Latitude. The University of Kansas has a great web site on western history. A page from the University of Virginia on the opening of the West. See also the bibliography for this website for books available online.

And check your school library for this book John Charles Frémont: Western Pathfinder, Barbara Witteman, Capstone Press: Bridgestone Books, Part of Exploring the West Biographies, New York, 2002

Spring 2004. History Day I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Brittany Darrow, State History Day participant from Alta Sierra and Buchanan High in Clovis, CA. History Day in California is a statewide program sponsored by Constitutional Rights Foundation and the California Department of Education in conjunction with National History Day. Brittany was doing research for her presentation Exploring the West: The John and Jessie Frémont Story. I have since learned that Britanny has advanced to the State Finals, to be held April 29th - May 2nd, 2004 in Sacramento. Congratulations Brittany! In the course of her research, Britanny also interviewed Frémont's and Jessie Benton Frémont's biographers Tom Chaffin, Mary Lee Spence, and Pamela Herr. Details of this program can be found on the following websites: Alta Sierra and Buchanan High, History Day in California, and National History Day   ©1999, 2007 Bob Graham