Freezing with John C. Fremont
04/17/25 • 17 min
Find out what happened when “The Pathfinder” John C. Fremont loses his way, taking 35 men and 120 mules with him.
If you’d like to know more about the history behind this episode, check out the sources below:
Frémont’s Fourth Expedition: A Documentary Account of the Disaster of 1848–1849
Edited by LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen.
Taos County Historical Society – The Lost Men of Frémont (1987)
Pueblo Chieftain – Tragic Expedition (1998)
GJ Sentinel – Disaster Struck When the Pathfinder Got Lost in Colorado (2020)
http://backpacker.com/stories/fremonts-wrong-turn/
https://www.nps.gov/grsa/learn/historyculture/john-fremont-expeditions-1848-and-1853.htm
Find out what happened when “The Pathfinder” John C. Fremont loses his way, taking 35 men and 120 mules with him.
If you’d like to know more about the history behind this episode, check out the sources below:
Frémont’s Fourth Expedition: A Documentary Account of the Disaster of 1848–1849
Edited by LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen.
Taos County Historical Society – The Lost Men of Frémont (1987)
Pueblo Chieftain – Tragic Expedition (1998)
GJ Sentinel – Disaster Struck When the Pathfinder Got Lost in Colorado (2020)
http://backpacker.com/stories/fremonts-wrong-turn/
https://www.nps.gov/grsa/learn/historyculture/john-fremont-expeditions-1848-and-1853.htm
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If you'd like to know more of the history behind this episode of The Wild Wild Death, please check out these links:
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- http://www.theragens.com/fifty_years/fifty_years_in_oregon_18-19.htm
- http://www.oregonpioneers.com/diaries.htm
- https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_Oregon_Literature/Chapter_27
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