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  1. John C. Frémont, whom the county is named after, traveled the Arkansas River area in 1844. On a survey expedition for a railroad in 1848, Frémont traveled to Hardscrabble Creek (near the former settlement of Hardscrabble), Mosca Pass over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, to the San Luis Valley.

  2. Fremont County was created on November 1, 1861 as one of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado. The county is named in honor of John Charles Fr?ont, the explorer, US Army general, and US Senator from California.

  3. Fremont County is named for John C. Fremont, an American explorer who led several expeditions in search of railroad routes through Colorado during the mid-nineteenth century.

  4. fremontcountyco.gov › fremont-county-historyFremont County History

    The area officially formed more than 150 years ago as Fremont County, one of the 17 original counties when Congress established the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861. Soon after, the first Colorado Territory Prison was built here in 1871, five years before Colorado became a state.

  5. Explorer John C. Frémont gave his name to one of Colorado's pioneer counties, although he failed to negotiate its awesome Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River. In the Arkansas River valley, a few Cañon City, the county seat, was platted in 1859 and served as a supply center for mountain mining towns.

  6. The county is named for famed explorer Captain John C. Fremont, who arrived in 1843. Houses and businesses sprouted up seemingly overnight. Coal camps soon arrived, and the first oil well west of the Mississippi River was drilled here.

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  8. Fremont County, Colorado, (population 47,727), incorporated in 1862, is named for famed 1843 explorer Capt. John C. Fremont. Located in south central Colorado, southwest of Colorado Springs, the majestic Royal Gorge Canyon has been the focal point of Fremont County history since prehistoric times.

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