by Bob Graham This is the same printing done for and sold by the
Eldorado National Forest Interpretive Assosiation (ENFIA) at
their centers, including the one right where Frémont
and Carson crossed Carson Pass in 1844.
Each day of forty-one days of THE CROSSING contains all the text from that day of Frémont's Report to Congress. It also contains all the text from the same day from the diary of Charles Preuss, and from the autobiography of Kit Carson. Each speaker is identified by an icon. 16 new pages, and much new formatting have been added to the previous printing. In the 90 pages there are 177 footnotes, 15 maps identifying the locations, so that the route of the expedition can be followed, and some 21 illustrations from period publications and present day photographs. There are detailed sections on Frémont's navigational techniques, including determination of elevations and determination of positions.
The location of the Long Camp, GPS coordinates, and a map to find the place are provided, as are clues to the location where the "Lost Frémont Cannon" was left on January 29, 1844. There is also a Highway Guide for visiting many sites on the route by automobile (paved roads); it is referenced to the text of the Report.
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Excerpts from The Crossing
online. This will change to other days
from time to time.
THE
CROSSING describes the route of
Frémont's 2nd Expedition from Bridgeport to
Sutter's fort in the winter of 1844.
You
can buy a copy of THE
CROSSING at the 
And
at the 
to,
the Long Camp site.
Also
available year round at 
And
at the 
My
favorite review of The
Crossing--what it is all
about!
Pathfinder;
John C Fremont and the Course of American
Empire
John
Charles Frémont: Western
Pathfinder
