Was Romney’s backing out anything like that of Fremont’s in 1964?

Fremont ran against Lincoln during the Civil War. It looked like Lincoln did have a problem due to the Radical Republicans, and Neveda Statehood did play a part in Fremont’s decision. Fremont withdrew from the race on September 21, 1864.

Find out more at the web sites:

http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/myth/myth73.htm

http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/myth/myth12.htm

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/33473

http://www.onlinenevada.org/nevada_statehood

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Republican_(USA)

http://blueandgraytrail.com/event/Radical_Republicans

http://www.answers.com/Montgomery+Blair?initiator=IE7:SearchBox

http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/inside.asp?ID=67&subjectID=4

Padre Francisco Garces

If you have ever traveled the LV Bulevard twards Fremont St., Downtown, you will notice that one of the Street’s is named for this man. Well, since the majority of residents hit town after the rat pack did, you may be hard pressed to find any Vegan, let alone a cabbie who can tell you who this man was, but I can. Many local Vegas History Buffs, like myself, know that William A. Clark named all of the East to West Streets in his newly formed town after famous explorers and local residents, who had been significant to the Region before his Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad completed.

Garcés was a solitary explorer who preferred to risk his own life. He made extensive expeditions along the Gila, Colorado, and Mojave Rivers. He is the first recorded white man to enter what is now the state of Nevada. the first recorded white man to enter what is now the state of Nevada. In 1780, Father Garcés founded the missions of Conception and San Pedro. He was killed by angry Yumas at the San Pedro Mission on July 19, 1781.

Find more information about garces at the following sites:

http://darinnevada.org/lorenzipark.htm

http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/garces.html