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I think what you are asking for is Donner Pass, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
48 of 87 pioneers survived the trip. Near Truckee Lake, Northwest of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the border of North California and Nevada, the Party could go no further. Most survived by cannibalizing their family members and others who died of starvation in what is now known as The Donner Pass.
It was a relatively easy way for wagon to make it through the Sierra Nevada mountain range (at the time it was called Hastings Cutoff). It made for a straight shot between Lake Tahoe and Sacramento. The Donner party made it famous by getting stranded there during a poorly advised winter crossing attempt. Donner pass is still used today. Hwy 80 goes through it between California and Nevada.
They tried to take a shorter route to California but instead it took longer and was more difficult and that was their downfall. As Virginia Reed who survived advised - "Don't take no shortcuts and hurry along as fast as you can."
Three families, George Donner's, Jacob Donner's, and James Reed's, left Springfield, Illinois, on April 14, 1846. On May 19 they joined a large wagon train in Kansas. This train was led by William Russell. It broke up into smaller parties. The Donner Party didn't actually exist until July 19, 1846, when a new wagon train was organized and George Donner was elected the captain. This happened near South Pass in Wyoming.
I think what you are asking for is Donner Pass, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
Donner Pass and Donner River are named in honor of the lost western expedition called the Donner Party. Title suggests mirth, reality included starvation, exposure and cannibalism!
Donner Pass (el. 7085 ft. / 2160 m.) is a high mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, located above Donner Lake about nine miles west of Truckee, CA. It is traversed by US Route 40 (Donner Pass Road). I-80 crosses the crest about 2 miles north of Donner Pass.
48 of 87 pioneers survived the trip. Near Truckee Lake, Northwest of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the border of North California and Nevada, the Party could go no further. Most survived by cannibalizing their family members and others who died of starvation in what is now known as The Donner Pass.
It was a relatively easy way for wagon to make it through the Sierra Nevada mountain range (at the time it was called Hastings Cutoff). It made for a straight shot between Lake Tahoe and Sacramento. The Donner party made it famous by getting stranded there during a poorly advised winter crossing attempt. Donner pass is still used today. Hwy 80 goes through it between California and Nevada.
Not sure what the annual slow fall rate is but at the Donner Pass memorial the plaque said the 22 foot height of the memorial represented the depth of the snow when the Donner Party was trapped there.
part of hwy 88 is Donner Pass. Which is about 20 miles to 89 (Carson Pass)
part of hwy 88 is Donner Pass. Which is about 20 miles to 89 (Carson Pass)
no they did not eat each other. but there was one party that went a different direction and they ended up eating the people who die going that way. they are know as the Donner Party.
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They tried to take a shorter route to California but instead it took longer and was more difficult and that was their downfall. As Virginia Reed who survived advised - "Don't take no shortcuts and hurry along as fast as you can."
Three families, George Donner's, Jacob Donner's, and James Reed's, left Springfield, Illinois, on April 14, 1846. On May 19 they joined a large wagon train in Kansas. This train was led by William Russell. It broke up into smaller parties. The Donner Party didn't actually exist until July 19, 1846, when a new wagon train was organized and George Donner was elected the captain. This happened near South Pass in Wyoming.