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House Calendar No. 97 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1192 

[Report No. 113–401] 

To redesignate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National Park as ‘‘Mount Jessie 

Benton Fre ́mont’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2013 

Mr. MCCLINTOCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

APRIL 4, 2014 

Additional sponsor: Ms. HAHN

APRIL 4, 2014 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To redesignate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National Park 

as ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre ́mont’’. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds that Jessie Benton Fre ́mont— 

5 (1) was the daughter of United States Senator 

6 Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, a leading pro7 ponent of the concept of Manifest Destiny that advo8 cated for the Nation to expand its borders westward; 

9 (2) became fluent in French and Spanish, was 

10 a gifted writer, and was at ease in any political dis11 cussion; 

12 (3) married John C. Fre ́mont, who was as13 signed to explore the West; 

14 (4) transformed John C. Fre ́mont’s descriptions 

15 from his treks into prose that was used by pioneers 

16 to guide their route West; 

17 (5) traveled to California in 1849 to join her 

18 husband at their Mariposa ranch, where gold had 

19 been discovered; 

20 (6) became involved in John C. Fre ́mont’s 1856 

21 campaign for Presidency, which proposed the aboli22 tion of slavery, a notion that Jessie Benton Fre ́mont 

23 also supported; 

24 (7) moved to Bear Valley, California, with her 

25 husband John C. Fre ́mont in 1858 and thereafter 


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1 realized the need to preserve the land that would be2 come Yosemite National Park for future generations; 

3 (8) entertained men such as Horace Greeley, 

4 Thomas Starr King, and United States Senator Ed5 ward Baker of Oregon, and urged them to begin a 

6 process that ultimately led to the establishment of 

7 Yosemite National Park; 

8 (9) influenced President Abraham Lincoln to 

9 sign the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing a Grant 

10 to the State of California of the ‘Yo-Semite Valley’ 

11 and of the Land embracing the ‘Mariposa Big Tree 

12 Grove’ ’’, approved June 30, 1864 (commonly known 

13 as the Yosemite Grant), the first instance of land 

14 being set aside specifically for its preservation and 

15 public use by a national government; and 

16 (10) set the foundation for the creation of na17 tional parks and California State parks through her 

18 advocacy for and influence on the Yosemite Grant. 

19 SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF MAMMOTH PEAK AS MOUNT 

20 JESSIE BENTON FRE ́ MONT. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The peak known as ‘‘Mammoth 

22 Peak’’ in Yosemite National Park (located at NPS coordi23 nates 37.855° N, -119.264° W) shall be redesignated as 

24 ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre ́mont’’ and may be known infor25 mally as ‘‘Mt. Jessie’’ in honor of the contributions of JesVerDate Mar 15 2010 19:03 Apr 04, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1192.RH H1192

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1 sie Benton Fre ́mont to the approval of the Yosemite 

2 Grant. 

3 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg4 ulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 

5 States to the peak described in subsection (a) shall be con6 sidered to be a reference to ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton 

7 Fre ́mont’’. 


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House Calendar No. 97 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1192 

[Report No. 113–401] 

A BILL 

To redesignate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite 

National Park as ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre ́mont’’. 

APRIL 4, 2014 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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