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Frémont and Carvalho sighting polaris
in Rocky Mountains.
"Here was no chance work, no guessing, for a
deviation of one mile, either way, from the true
course, would have plunged the whole party into
certain destruction...It seems as if Col.
Frémont had been endowed with supernatural
powers of vision, and that he penetrated with his
keen and powerful eye through the limits of space,
and saw the goal to which all his powers had been
concentrated to reach. It was a feat of scientific
correctness, probably without comparison in the
records of the past." Soloman Nunez Carvalho,
1864
See a description of the book
Excerpts from The
Crossing. This will change to other days
from time to time.
See what it brings on the "used market."
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I have found it necessary to raise the price from the
previous printing (Feb. 2000). This is partly because of the
additional cost of printing the added material, increased
printing rates, and recent postal rate increases. I did not
want to cut back on the 70 lb. paper quality, as the
illustrations are printed at high resolution. This is, after
all, a labor of love, and if I cannot do it the way I want
it to be, I would just as soon not do it at all. So, as of
August 7, 2001, the price is now:
$18.00
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 $21.50
includes 3-day priority mailing anywhere in
U.S. (I am eating the US Postal
Service rate increases of May 2002 and January
2006, so no change in mailing costs).
Please email for multiple copy discounts.
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You can charge to
credit card
with
U.S.A. only--email for costs to other
destinations.
If, like Jan Safar, you live in the Czech
Republic--the farthest The
Crossing has traveled--the
prioritaire mail rate is $9.00, so call or
email
first.
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Or you can
email an
order
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Or telephone
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Or buy along the 1844 Frémont
Route
from these venders who
have supported this project
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 You
can buy a copy of
THE
CROSSING at the Placerville
News Co at 409 Main Street--right
at the Belltower, and across and just down
the street from The Cary House.
 And
at the Eldorado
National Forest Interpretive
Association (ENFIA) information
center at Carson Pass. A new 2nd printing
of the ENFIA's A
Guide to the California Trail
will also be available, and contains (p.
55-56) an entry for, and hiking map
 to,
the Long Camp site.
And at the Placerville Ranger Station in
Camino, right off of Hwy. 50 at 8 mile
road exit. They are open year round,
Mon-Fri, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. In the summer
they are open on Saturdays the same time.
And at the Supervisor's off ice on Forni
Road in Placerville, and at Pacific Ranger
Station just east of Pollock Pines, at
Fresh Pond.
ENFIA now has an online
store that carries The
Crossing.
 Also
available year round at Sorensen's
Hope Valley Resort at the top of
the Carson Canyon on highway 88. Or call
1-800-423-9949
 And
at the Lake
Tahoe Historical Society in
South Lake Tahoe at 3058 Lake Tahoe
Blvd, (Hwy. 50) Next to the Senior
Center. Until Dec. 6th the museum will be
open on Saturdays and admission is free in
the off season. Look for the mural of
Frémont and Preuss facing the
street.
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The articles and information on
this website are
ephemeral--when I am gone
away, it goes away. For those
finding it of more permanent
value, it is also available
archived on CD
or thumb drive.
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