Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-13 | Page 18 | Just History

( Just History f j . By Albert F. Philips j Today marka th. anntvamry of th. death of General John C. FVA mor.t. explorer, who wrote th. flrat written dearriptlon of Ureal Bait tt-ker whtch hs Ttstted on his sec. ond exploration expedition to the mountain and coast ountry, which he visited In IMS whsn he crossed the Itocky mountains. It waa on the Cth of September. IMS. when from Low mountain, a little north of wter river, he rauvht his first glimpse of the Great Bait lake. Later l he launched his rubber boat on the lake and explored Fremont Islsnd. ' which hs named after his visit there Iissppolntment Island, because It ! was a barren Isle. Hx years later when CaptnlB Howard Stansbury of the t'r.iied Htates army earns throuirh on an exploiine; expedition he renamed ths laland after Its discoverer, dis-coverer, and It ties sines been known as Fremont Island. Ths career of th. pathfinder was a remarkable one. Five time, between be-tween 1140 and 1)54 h. plunked Into the unknejpm wilds of plain and mountain on trips of discovery and he first g-ave to ths world ths chart of Great Salt lake. It was on his second trip that he and hla com. mnnd got lost In what ts now Wayne roanty and were compelled to subside On horse meat, and at another time they were without food of any kind for forty-eight hour.. Th. Fremont rlv.r In Wayn. county coun-ty I. named for him. H. fixed the (eoarsphy of th. West. H4 wss the first Republican candidate can-didate for president, bi)ng nominated nominat-ed by the national convention In lief ne having clearly defined his position, which wa. unalterable opposition op-position to the extension of slavery beyond the then existing boundaries. He was defeated by Buchanan. Without authority. General Fremont, Fre-mont, when in command of th. department de-partment of th. West in the civil war. Issued a proclamation of emancipation freeing the slaves, which waa modified by Lincoln and soon after h. was removed from his command. When In California In !U he was sppolnted te command th. t'nlted Slates mounted rifles and ordered to act as governor of California, but thla order waa revoked by General Kearney and placed Fremont under arrest for mutiny. He was court-martialed court-martialed and found guilty, but was pardoned by President Polk, but resigned re-signed from the army. H. wss th. flrat United Btatee senator from California, taking his seat In 186.. Hs was married ts Jessi. Benton, daughtsr of United Btatea Senator Thorn a. H. Benton, the couple eloping, the bride being I not quite 1 year, of age, 8h de-l de-l veloped Into a woman of .xtraordl- aary fore, and character and drew to her a lar circle of friends. Her name haa been enshrined In song and story and ah. waa a standby to her husband , during hla tan of trial and privation. She survived I him. his death occurring in New I Tork. where he was on a visit, on July II, . ,