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Donner Party Survivors Were Rescued on This Day in 1847 After Weeks of Frigid Conditions, Starvation and—Eventually—Cannibalism
The 7,088-foot pass that now bears the Donner family's name Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The Hastings Cutoff was advertised ... accounts—the Donner-Reed party had reached the Sierra ...
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The problems for settlers travelling West
The party left Fort Bridger, at the foot of the Rockies, on 31 July, which was late in the season. They made the tragic decision to take the Hastings Cut-off - a shortcut which they were told ...