John Charles Fremont

John Charles Fremont

1813 -  1890

 

John Charles Fremont was a naturalist, explorer, scientist and captain with the U.S. Topographical Engineers on his third expedition to the west when he camped on this mountain. His assignment was to survey, map, chart trails and find the shortest route between the east and the west for the U.S. Government.

 

Besides his military activities in California, Fremont is remembered for giving San Francisco's "Golden Gate" its name; he was the military governor of California for 50 days; he was the first U.S. Senator to be elected from California; he was the Republican nomination for the presidency; and he was a Major General in the Civil War and was Territorial Governor of Arizona.

 

Fremont's friends called him "the west's greatest adventurer," "a man unafraid," "the pathfinder" and "the path maker of the west."

 

August 12, 1989

Monterey Viejo Chapter 1846

E Clampus Vitus

Submitted by: Eric Goodill