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03-06-2003, 11:16 PM
WyomingSwede
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Posts: 588
(10/20/02 9:11:15 am)
Reply John C. Fremont .... Hero or hack???
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I have done some recollecting and also watched some politically correct miniseries on the guy on western channel a few weeks ago.
Seems to me he married a senators daughter for a press agent and was a fearless self promoter. Grabbed all the credit available and discovered nothing that was that wasnt well known to better men than he. I dont believe that he had that great a record in the civil war. He truly showed his character when he abandoned his men during a vicious winter in the San Juans in SW Colorado. any opinions???
Wyoming Swede
kdub01
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Posts: 1339
(10/20/02 1:13:34 pm)
Reply Re: John C. Fremont .... Hero or hack???
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'Way before my time, Swede -
Can't say I ever met the man to form an opinion!
"Keep Off The Ridgeline"
*TFF Senior Staff*
Posts: 588
(10/20/02 9:11:15 am)
Reply John C. Fremont .... Hero or hack???
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I have done some recollecting and also watched some politically correct miniseries on the guy on western channel a few weeks ago.
Seems to me he married a senators daughter for a press agent and was a fearless self promoter. Grabbed all the credit available and discovered nothing that was that wasnt well known to better men than he. I dont believe that he had that great a record in the civil war. He truly showed his character when he abandoned his men during a vicious winter in the San Juans in SW Colorado. any opinions???
Wyoming Swede
kdub01
*TFF Senior Staff*
Posts: 1339
(10/20/02 1:13:34 pm)
Reply Re: John C. Fremont .... Hero or hack???
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'Way before my time, Swede -
Can't say I ever met the man to form an opinion!
"Keep Off The Ridgeline"