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On his party's reaching Bent's Fort, he was strongly advised by most of the trappers against continuing the journey.

Already a foot of snow was on the ground at Bent's Fort, and the winter in the mountains promised to be especially snowy.

Part of Frémont's purpose was to demonstrate that a 38th parallel railroad would be practical year-round.

At Bent's Fort he engaged " Uncle Dick " Wootton as guide, and at what is now Pueblo, Colorado, he hired the eccentric " Old Bill " Williams and moved on.