History and stories of Nebraska . ing by way of the NorthPlatte, the other by way of theSouth Platte, both meeting at FortLaramie. From there Fremont fol-lowed the Oregon Trail to the SouthPass and on August 15th climbedto the top of what has since beencalled Fremonts Peak at the sum-mit of the Rocky down the Platte river in boats, Fremonts partywas wrecked in the great canyon of the Platte near where Cas-per, Wyoming, is located. Saving what they could theyfollowed the Platte valley and reached the trading post ofPeter A. Sarpy at Bellevue on October 1st. The next year on May
History and stories of Nebraska . ing by way of the NorthPlatte, the other by way of theSouth Platte, both meeting at FortLaramie. From there Fremont fol-lowed the Oregon Trail to the SouthPass and on August 15th climbedto the top of what has since beencalled Fremonts Peak at the sum-mit of the Rocky down the Platte river in boats, Fremonts partywas wrecked in the great canyon of the Platte near where Cas-per, Wyoming, is located. Saving what they could theyfollowed the Platte valley and reached the trading post ofPeter A. Sarpy at Bellevue on October 1st. The next year on May 29th Fremont left the mouth of theKansas River and took a more southerly route through north-ern Kansas, and on June 25th crossed into Nebraska in whatis now Hitchcock County. After following the Republicanvalley for some days, he crossed to the South Platte andthence over the mountains to Salt Lake and California. Fremont saw the great future of the West more clearlythan other explorers. He saw in Nebraska the rich soil, the 82. John C. Fremont JOHN C. FREMONT 83 abundant grass and the beautiful wild flowers. To his eyesthis region looked like a garden, instead of a desert, as it hadbeen represented by many. Nebraska probably owes its name to Fremont. In hisreport to the secretary of war, he calls our great central river j by its Indian name Nebraska, or Flat Water, and the secre- I tary of war afterwards suggested Nebraska as a good name \ for the new territory. Fremont believed in the future Pacific Hailroad and triedto find an easy, natural route,oii. which it mightJie ^Hebecames«iator from the new state of California in 1850, andcandidate for President in 1856. He died July 13,1890, hav-ing lived to see the western wilderness which he had exploredfilled with millions of people, great cities built on the plainsand in the mountains and several Pacific railroads where hehad dreamed of one. One of the most thriving cities of Nebraska proudly bearsFremonts name. The gr
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