Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . werelater constructed. Gardens, vineyards, acres of grain-fields,thousands of head of sheep, cattle, and horses, surroundedeach settlement, and the wonderful fertility of the Cali-fornian soil was quickly demonstrated. Between these missions and those of the New Mexicanregion there was no road of communication. In order to findone, two priests of the Franciscan Order, which had chargeof all missions, Padre Escalante and Padre Dominguez, lef
Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . werelater constructed. Gardens, vineyards, acres of grain-fields,thousands of head of sheep, cattle, and horses, surroundedeach settlement, and the wonderful fertility of the Cali-fornian soil was quickly demonstrated. Between these missions and those of the New Mexicanregion there was no road of communication. In order to findone, two priests of the Franciscan Order, which had chargeof all missions, Padre Escalante and Padre Dominguez, leftSanta Fe, July 29, 1776, for Monterey. They proceedednorthward into what is now the State of Colorado, possiblywith the intention of passing the great barrier of the canyonsof the Colorado River at the crossing afterwards named forCaptain Gunnison, the same point where the Spanish Trail The Original Journals of Lewis and Clark, by Reuben Gold Thwaites,Dodd, Mead & Co.; The Trail of Lewis and Clark, by Olin D. Wheeler,Putnams; History of the Expedition under Command of Captains Lewis andClark, Biddle edition reprint by Barnes and Co., New Little Zion Valley, Virgin River Character of the region of South-Western Utah, through which Fremont passedon his return in 1844
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