Some of the information for this article was taken from “Exploration and Early Settlement in Nevada,” by Terri McBride of the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. John C. Fremont was the ...

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The following is from a presentation I gave for the Nevada State Museum tour guides when the Fremont artifacts were on display at the museum several years ago. One of my favorite characters in Nevada ...

Take heart, UNLV fans: The Fremont cannon is back in Las Vegas. Only it’s the real one this time, not that navy-blue knockoff currently being held hostage by a certain Reno-based university. The ...

John C. Fremont, literally and figuratively, left footprints all over Nevada. The legendary explorer is the namesake of a famous street in Las Vegas, an elementary school in Carson City, a middle ...

John Charles Frémont, a lieutenant in the Army Topographical Corps, was commissioned by the U. S. government to explore and map areas of the Pacific Northwest. In his second major land expedition, he ...

This political cartoon satirizes the 1856 Presidential race, in which Colonel John Charles Fremont ran as the first candidate of the newly-formed Republican Party. By referring to the Presidential ...