Editing Kit Carson (section)

=== First expedition, 1842 ===
In 1842, Carson guided Frémont across the [[Oregon Trail]] to [[South Pass, Wyoming]]. It was their first expedition into the West together. The purpose of this expedition was to map and describe the Oregon Trail as far as South Pass. A guidebook, maps, and other paraphernalia would be printed for westward-bound migrants and settlers. After the five-month trouble-free mission was accomplished, Frémont wrote his government reports, which made Carson's name known across the United States, and spurred a migration of settlers westward to Oregon via the Oregon Trail.<ref>Sides 50–53</ref>