John Charles Fremont was trained as a US Army
John Charles Fremont was trained as a US Army Engineer topographer. His mastery astronomy, geology, surveying, and mapping informed his reports describing fauna, flora, soil, and water resources. In 1842 he led his first expedition to the Wind River of the Rocky Mountains and the Oregon Trail. In 1843-44 he brought Kit Carson into the expedition to map the Oregon Trail. His reports were written with his talented wife, Jessie Benton Fremont, and stimulated the interest of settlers for the new western lands
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