The 38th annual John C. Fremont Days celebrated legacies and historic moments in the town as well as the 170th anniversary of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skilled explorer or overreaching dilettante? Crusading abolitionist or violent murderer? General with the soul of a country on his ...

Here's a look at some of the 2026 John C. Fremont Days festivities: A display of miniature military reenactors was set up at ...

After spending two weeks recuperating at the Fort Fremont, his men traveled south, crossed the Sierra Nevada range at Walker Gap and returned to Washington, D.C. Upon returning, he became an instant ...

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, BILL. NOW, TODAY’S WEATHER COULDN’T KEEP LOCALS AND VISITORS AWAY FROM FREMONT. LEADERS OF THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION SAY DESPITE THOSE SOARING TEMPERATURES, THEY SAW A GREAT TURNOUT ...

ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham Lincoln’s more famous ...

John C. Fremont (1813-1890), one of the most famous and popular of explorers, grew up the illegitimate child of a prominent woman of Virginia society, and a penniless French refugee. The circumstances ...

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the ...