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Alcove Springs, KS
One of the first stops on the Oregon/California Trail, this site was also where the first death of the infamous Donner Party occurred- Sarah Keyes.
Just a few hours out of Kansas City, this is a lovely spot where you can see the carvings of emigrants initials into the rocks, see the trails John C Frémont traversed, and Kit Carson's outlook!
John Frémont – Scientist of the Day
John Frémont, an explorer of the American West, died July 13, 1890, at the age of 77.
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Fascinating new history from Penguin Press and NPR’s Steve Inskeep, Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War.
1840s Guides for Travel on the Oregon Trail
Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile journey to Oregon, but most ventured into the unknown with little reliable information on the route to follow. The guidebooks they carried were often misleading and sometimes downright dangerous. Only a few guidebooks were published before the discovery of gold in California in 1848. After the Gold Rush…
Jessie Benton Frémont: One Woman’s Perspective on the Californian Gold Rush
Jessie Benton Frémont: One Woman’s Perspective on the Californian Gold Rush
Jessie Benton Fremont in 1856 The sequel to Lead Me Home takes place during the California Gold Rush and the development of California as a state. Some scenes are set in Monterey, California, during the Constitutional Convention of 1849. That convention was full of early California luminaries—delegates included John C. Frémont and Lansford Hasting, both of whom had written guides used by…
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Al cinema: Hello, my name is Doris
Al cinema: Hello, my name is Doris
Un film di Michael Showalter. Con Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Stephen Root. Drammatico, 95′. 2015 Chi pensa che sognare sia un lusso che solo i giovani possono concedersi probabilmente dovrà ricredersi dopo aver visto questo film. Se nel 2001 una giovane e frizzante Reese Witherspoon aveva portato a sfatare alcuni luoghi comuni legati al colore dei capelli con…
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