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Twenty-three people were chosen to go with the rescue party, leaving 21 in the cabins at Truckee Lake and twelve at Alder Creek. [122] [123] Stumps of trees cut at the Alder Creek site by members of the Donner Party, photograph taken in 1866. The height of the stumps indicates the depth of snow. [124]
They take the children from Alder Creek to the Breen cabin and abandon them there with the handful of emigrants remaining at the lake camp. March 5–7, 1847: The worst storm of the season strikes. The Second Relief and their charges, caught at the top of Donner Pass , are unable to proceed and spend two days huddled around a fire they can ...
Alder Creek is a perennial stream in Nevada County, California, [6] mostly within the town of Truckee. Its source region near Donner Ridge is west of town, and its mouth at Prosser Creek Reservoir is north of town. It flows to the Truckee River via Prosser Creek.
Donner Memorial State Park is located outside Truckee, California. It has 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of hiking trails, campgrounds, and 3 miles (4.8 km) of lake frontage on Donner Lake, east of Donner Pass. The 3,293-acre (1,333 ha) park was established in 1928. [4]
Map showing the locations of the winter encampment at Truckee Lake where most of the Donner Party were trapped during the winter of 1846-1847, and its proximity to Alder Creek, where the Donner families stayed: Date: 2010: Source: en:File:Map of Truckee Lake and Alder Creek.png, an amalgamation of two sources: Johnson, Kristin (ed.)(1996 ...
The two Donner families lagged to the rear of the party at large, and after a heavy snowstorm they were left seven miles behind the rest of the party at Alder Creek. [30] Tamsen Donner wanted to continue onward into the mountains but was overruled by George and Jacob Donner, who decided to set up camp at Alder Creek. [30]
The Donner Party is a 1992 documentary film that traces the history of the Donner Party, an ill-fated pioneer group that trekked from Springfield, Illinois to Sutter's Fort, California - a disastrous journey of 2500 miles made famous by the tales of cannibalism the survivors told upon reaching their destination.
Dr. Kelly J. Dixon is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Montana and a member of the College of Arts And Sciences at UM. [1] Her main area of work is the American West, and she is perhaps best known for her work with the Donner Party site, [2] [3] as well as research into saloons in Virginia City, Nevada.