The Heritage of AmericaHenry Steele Commager, Allan Nevins First hand narratives of American life from Leif Ericson to World War II. |
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... Frémont Conquers the Sierras in Midwinter Probably the greatest of all the American - born explorers , John C. Frémont had one of the most romantic careers in the nation's history . After some initial training as an explorer in the ...
... Frémont Conquers the Sierras in Midwinter Probably the greatest of all the American - born explorers , John C. Frémont had one of the most romantic careers in the nation's history . After some initial training as an explorer in the ...
Page 533
... , turn in all the strength of his party to open and beat a road through the snow , strengthening it with branches and boughs of the pines . - 13th . We continued to labor on the road JOHN C. FRÉMONT CONQUERS THE SIERRAS 533.
... , turn in all the strength of his party to open and beat a road through the snow , strengthening it with branches and boughs of the pines . - 13th . We continued to labor on the road JOHN C. FRÉMONT CONQUERS THE SIERRAS 533.
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... Frémont , 530 ; see also Travel Discovery of America , 6 Discovery of the Mississippi , 10 Dix , Dorothea , pleads cause of the in- sane , 419 Dodge , General Grenville M. , builds Union Pacific , 833 Donnelly , Ignatius , 1026 Donner ...
... Frémont , 530 ; see also Travel Discovery of America , 6 Discovery of the Mississippi , 10 Dix , Dorothea , pleads cause of the in- sane , 419 Dodge , General Grenville M. , builds Union Pacific , 833 Donnelly , Ignatius , 1026 Donner ...
Contents
Leif Ericson Sails to Vineland | 3 |
De Soto Finds the Mississippi and Is Buried beneath It ΙΟ | 10 |
John Smith Founds Jamestown and Is Saved | 23 |
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