It is not to be confused with Fremont Pass (Colorado).
The Pass was discovered in 1769 by Gaspar de Portolá. It was later named for General John C. Frémont, who passed thorugh it in 1847 on his way to sign the Treaty of Cahuenga. The steep pass was made easier for stagecoach traffic with a 30-foot deep cut made by Phineas Banning in 1854 as part of a road he built to provide service to Fort Tejon.
In 1863 the cut was deepened to 90 feet by General Edward Fitzgerald Beale, landowner and surveyor. This slot-like roadway was called Beale's Cut, and it appeared in many silent western movies. Fremont Pass remains a main traffic route, and major freeways and an important railroad tunnel go through the area. Beale's cut remains, though partly collapsed.
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USGS Geonames data (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=242485)
It is not to be confused with Fremont Pass (Colorado).
The steep pass was made easier for stagecoach traffic with a 30-foot deep cut made by Phineas Banning in 1854 as part of a road he built to provide service to Fort Tejon.
Fremont Pass remains a main traffic route, as Interstate 5 (Golden State Freeway and California State Route 14 (Antelope Valley Freeway), as well as Sierra Highway, Foothill Boulevard, and San Fernando Road travel through the pass, and the Southern Pacific Railroad goes through the area via a tunnel.
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