Frémont then fled Mexican-controlled California, and went north to Oregon, making camp at Klamath Lake.

Meanwhile, Army captain John C. Frémont led settlers in northern California to overthrow the Mexican garrison in Sonoma ( in the Bear Flag Revolt ).

* 1847 – John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.

But upon reaching the Arkansas, Frémont suddenly made a hasty trail straight to California, without explanation.

" Frémont nearly provoked a battle with Mexican General José Castro near Monterey, California.

Stockton and Frémont wanted to announce the conquest of California to President Polk.

Following the recapture of Los Angeles in 1846, Stockton appointed Frémont as Governor of California.

By the end of the Frémont expeditions and California rebellion, Carson decided to settle down with Joséfa.

The treaty was drafted in English and Spanish by José Antonio Carrillo, approved by American Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Frémont and Mexican Governor Andrés Pico on January 13, 1847 at Campo de Cahuenga in what is now North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

The Republican Party nominated John C. Frémont of California as its first presidential candidate ; Senator William H. Seward sought, but failed to receive the Republican nomination.

* John C. Frémont, former U. S. senator from California

Image: JCFrémont. jpg | Former Senator John C. Frémont of California

John C. Frémont of the U. S. Army's Corps of Topographical Engineers and his guide Kit Carson led three expeditions from 1842 to 1846 over parts of California and Oregon.

The first " decent " map of California and Oregon were drawn by Frémont and his topographers and cartographers in about 1848.

John C. Frémont and his " California Battalion " used the Mission as a base of operations during their war with Mexico in 1846 ( see Bear Flag Revolt ).

Fitch carried impressive credentials: he was a former state legislator from California, had been Nevada's Representative to the United States House of Representatives, was former general counsel for Brigham Young and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Utah Territory, and a close friend of Arizona's governor John C. Frémont.

The brothers first arrived in California as soldiers, serving under Colonel Frémont during the Mexican War.

Fremont County was named for John Charles Frémont, an explorer of the American West, Senator from California, and 1856 Republican presidential candidate.

Upon reaching the Arkansas, however, Frémont suddenly made a hasty trail straight to California, without explanation.

In 1846, with the arrival of USS Congress, Frémont was appointed lieutenant colonel of the California Battalion, also called U. S. Mounted Rifles, which he had helped form with his survey crew and volunteers from the Bear Flag Republic, now totaling 428 men.

In late 1846 Frémont, acting under orders from Commodore Robert F. Stockton, led a military expedition of 300 men to capture Santa Barbara, California, during the Mexican-American War.

A few days later Frémont led his men southeast toward Los Angeles, accepting the surrender of the leader Andres Pico and signing the Treaty of Cahuenga on January 13, 1847, which terminated the war in upper California.

On January 16, 1847, Commodore Stockton appointed Frémont military governor of California following the Treaty of Cahuenga.

Frémont resigned his commission and settled in California.

After using San Juan as a post for some time, Frémont went south, where he signed the Treaty of Cahuenga ending hostilities between the US and Mexico.

Buchanan won the nomination at the 1856 Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio and went on to win the Presidency over Republican John C. Frémont and Know Nothing candidate and former President Millard Fillmore.

Newhall Pass was initially named ' Fremont Pass ' for General John C. Frémont, who was thought to have passed through it in 1847 on his way to sign the Treaty of Cahuenga, but he actually went slightly east of the pass on the El Camino Viejo.

Afraid of foreign aggression, Castro assembled his militia, with Alvarado second in command, but Frémont went north to Oregon instead.

He planted the surrounding trees and he personally built, on the eminence to the north, his own funeral pyre and monuments dedicated to Moses, General John C. Frémont, and the poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Other notable explorations included the Pike expedition of 1806 – 07 by Zebulon Pike, the journey along the north bank of the Platte River in 1820 by Stephen H. Long to what came to be called Longs Peak, the John C. Frémont expedition in 1845 – 46, and the Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 by John Wesley Powell.

John C. Frémont camped at Goshen Hole on July 14, 1843, and recorded that name in his journal, on his exploring expedition on the Oregon Trail.

From 1842 to 1846 Frémont and his guide Carson led expedition parties on the Oregon Trail and into the Sierra Nevada.

The " largest and most expensive ' trophy '" in college football is a replica of a cannon " that accompanied Captain John C. Frémont on his expedition through Oregon, Nevada and California in 1843 – 44 ".

Portland, Oregon also has several other locations named after Frémont, such as Fremont Bridge.

In his explorations along the Oregon Trail, and the tributaries and forks of the Platte River during the years 1842 and 1843, John C. Frémont recorded what may have been the first use of an inflatable rubber boat for travel down rivers and rapids in the Rocky Mountains.

Zigadenus fremontii ), known as the common star lily, Frémont's deathcamas ( after John C. Frémont ) or star zigadene, is an attractive wildflower found on grassy or woody slopes, or rocky outcrops, in many lower-lying regions of California, southern Oregon, and northern Baja California.

He served as military officer in the United States Army during several wars, accompanied John C. Frémont on his second expedition through the West, and was instrumental in the formation of the government of the Oregon Territory.

When the party reached Walla Walla in the Oregon Country, Gilpin continued westward on his own while Frémont continued on to California.

His reputation as a military scholar and an urgent recommendation from Winfield Scott earned him the rank of major general in the regular army, effective August 19, 1861, making him the fourth most senior general in the Army ( after Scott, George B. McClellan, and John C. Frémont ).

Reviewing the messages, Frémont neglected the customary measure of posting a watchman for the camp.

Reviewing the messages, Frémont neglected the customary measure of posting a watchman for the camp.