Carlos Pitts
While the first snows of winter may have concealed the ruts of Captain Gunnison’s wagon train, a veritable bread crumb trail led the way forward for Colonel Fremont’s expedition.
Expedition chronicler Solomon Carvalho noted “many of the larger trees on both sides of the track were deeply cut with a cross, which satisfied us that Captain Gunnison… had penetrated through to the other side”. Espying a…
