Answer- John Charles Frémont became a popular national figure after leading a series of expeditions intended to survey the Far West in the 1840s. The newly formed Republican Party chose Frémont, an outspoken critic of slavery, as their first presidential candidate in 1856.
I assume it's "sordid". Custer and Singleton as people, Hydraulic mining is important but doesn't seem right. Ghost dance is a tradition so it may honestly be Ghost dance or Sordid
