I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1192 
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 
A BILL 
To redesignate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National Park 
as ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre´mont’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that Jessie Benton Fre´mont— 
(1) was the daughter of United States Senator 
Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, a leading pro-
ponent of the concept of Manifest Destiny that advo-
cated for the Nation to expand its borders westward; 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
22:18 Mar 22, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1192.IH
H1192
srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
(2) became fluent in French and Spanish, was 
a gifted writer, and was at ease in any political dis-
cussion; 
(3) married John C. Fre´mont, who was as-
signed to explore the West; 
(4) transformed John C. Fre´mont’s descriptions 
from his treks into prose that was used by pioneers 
to guide their route West; 
(5) traveled to California in 1849 to join her 
husband at their Mariposa ranch, where gold had 
been discovered; 
(6) became involved in John C. Fre´mont’s 1856 
campaign for Presidency, which proposed the aboli-
tion of slavery, a notion that Jessie Benton Fre´mont 
also supported; 
(7) moved to Bear Valley, California, with her 
husband John C. Fre´mont in 1858 and thereafter 
realized the need to preserve the land that would be-
come Yosemite National Park for future generations; 
(8) entertained men such as Horace Greeley, 
Thomas Starr King, and United States Senator Ed-
ward Baker of Oregon, and urged them to begin a 
process that ultimately led to the establishment of 
Yosemite National Park; 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
22:18 Mar 22, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1192.IH
H1192
srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
(9) influenced President Abraham Lincoln to 
sign the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing a Grant 
to the State of California of the ‘Yo-Semite Valley’ 
and of the Land embracing the ‘Mariposa Big Tree 
Grove’ ’’, approved June 30, 1864 (commonly known 
as the Yosemite Grant), the first instance of land 
being set aside specifically for its preservation and 
public use by a national government; and 
(10) set the foundation for the creation of na-
tional parks and California State parks through her 
advocacy for and influence on the Yosemite Grant. 
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF MAMMOTH PEAK AS MOUNT 
JESSIE BENTON FRE´ MONT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The peak known as ‘‘Mammoth 
Peak’’ in Yosemite National Park (located at NPS coordi-
nates 37.855° N, -119.264° W) shall be redesignated as 
‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre´mont’’ and may be known infor-
mally as ‘‘Mt. Jessie’’ in honor of the contributions of Jes-
sie Benton Fre´mont to the approval of the Yosemite 
Grant. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States to the peak described in subsection (a) shall be con-
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
22:18 Mar 22, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1192.IH
H1192
srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
sidered to be a reference to ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton 
Fre´mont’’. 
Æ 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
22:18 Mar 22, 2013
Jkt 029200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H1192.IH
H1192
srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS