Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-11-26

II htdi lCtl 10 ntlablc loE tlt i't '!lt'
the first real immigrant train for California
passed through Nevada. This State WIS
then a part Of Mexican Territory. and save
for the chance descriptions given By the
early trappers, was probably all unknown
land. The party was known as the Bartle-
son party although it should have been
called the Bidwell party after the Hon. John
Bidwell of Chico, California, for it was by his
indomitable energy that the party was Or
ganized at Independence, Mo, to go to the
wonderful California. Bidwell had listened
to glowing descriptions of the marvellous
climate of California and to still more en-
trancing stories of the hospitality of her peo-
pie and was filled with a desire to reach the
veritablc Paradise. At last a party willing
to start for the unknown west was gotten to-
gether unde the captaincy of J. B. Bartle-
son and started for the west. They were
| guided by a Hudson Bay Company's party to
near where POcatello, Idaho, now is, and
then left to shift for themselves. Not one Of
! them knew anything about the country to
the west except hat if they went too far
north they would get into a country cat up
by deep canyons, and if too far south, they
would get into the deserts. The journey was
made on horseback and with pack animals
and the party followed the Ogden River
down to the sink, passed south to the Carson
! and Walker rivers, followed the latter to its
source and then down the Stauislars into
J California.
FREMONT IN NEVADA.
FreemOnt's main motive in his western eX-
ploring expeditions was to secure the pos
session Of Oregon, Washington and Nevada
for the United States. On his second ex-
petition he came Down from Oregon late in
1913, and, not liking the appearance Of the
snow clad peaks on tie wcst, or Of the IN
known deserts TO the east. he continued his
Journey south in the hope OF iinding a pas
sase, the mythical Buenaventura river, It
the Rockies. On the tenth of January, 1914
he asccnded a mountain and when ht
: reached the top he saw before him a body o
water that burst upon his vision like an in
landsea. In this dense blue inland sea wer
several islands and the striking resemblance
: of one of these to the Pyramid Of Cheops in
= iuced Fremont to name the body of waite
Pyramid Lake. The river that emptied int
7 the lake was named Salmon Trout River
i At the site of Wadsworth The party left til
river and crossed over to the Carson rive
9 reaching it a point where it leaves the fooI
d hills. Fremont assembled d mountain an
n took another look at the formidable Sierra
but saw no inviting pass in that direction an
the desert plain toward the east was less d
n ~tractive. decreased over to the Walker an
II up the east fork; turned again and tried II
e west fork ana after thirty days Of s~trugglir
d succeeded in reaching California. Gencr.
:. Fremont WIS forced to abandon a howitz,
70 in the canyon of the Walker and the stol
ar reads like a romance. When Fremont W;
II out in Kansas, nearly ready to leave on h
ii first expedition, the ambition of his life, |
ie had left his faithful Basil ~Lajeunesse in 5
e Louis with Mrs. Fremont and had rcquestt
5 Mrs. Fremont to open all letters from Was
e ington and transmit anything of importan
to him when ~Laieunesse started.
h. One day an official letter came and us
II opening il Ms. Fremont was chagrined
er find an order from the Secretary of War d
ar dcring General Fremont t. rHrort at Wa.
h. in9ton forthwith and ~ex,lain why he "
oh taking Il CANON ON 4 suicn lie expcditi,
as into poacrib!r Indian ana Mexican Tcrritor
he II report nytut DELAY, an! delay iaiIuI
as Mrs. Er"InoN,, a 1uiEll:er # ~piIatur b.
at ton, WAs c4na! - tin crt,r-"lcy. She 4
e patched iaicuneSSe ~ hai,~3- with (, IL.
sage to her husband to leave al orirr witho
to asking why No mail c,,llj reach Fremont I'll
B. once on IL" plains il AZ months before
5. cpuld be reached. Mr.. Fremont wrote t.
to Secretary of War what She had lone al
he Senator Benton sm"othc1 the matter owe
tie The French mountain lowitz"r aCcDmpani
a Fremont on his travels until he was forced
lis abandon it in Lost Canyon. Villa
Wright, Dan de guile" found the gun
OF 1861 and it came into the possession Of Ca
'us tain A. ". Pray and was afterwards tax
alt by him l." Glenbrook, where it Law for We;
IN near the wharf, On his death, pending t
IN settlement OF the estate, it was hidden aw
I'm and but few know its Whereabouts.
;ht In 1S45 Fremont came again to Neva
nj, via Salt Lake. One division of his par
"iiuoi IHcOole id'pots ana guided by j.
or eph Walker crossed over and came do,
ans Mary's River, while Fremont's division. I
his der the guidance OF Kit Carson, pas.
,de through Central Nevada and met the OIL
division at the rendezvous near Ragtov
on Fremont went up on the Carson Riy
ION which he then named ia honor of Kit G.
nip son. Theodore Talbot passed south il
3f4 the Valley OF the Walker, which river y
his then named III honor of Joseph Walk
and over the mountains into Califorr
ow Fremont passed over the present site
APP DAY ton and on Over the ridge into Car.
do Nalic.: tlcnL.n IN III. xalI..- L.. IL l.