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Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high (2,151 m) mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles (14 km) west of Truckee, California. Like the Sierra Nevada themselves, the pass has a steep approach from the east and a gradual approach from the west.
Mar 5, 2010 · The Donner Party was a group of 89 emigrants from Illinois who purportedly turned to cannibalism to survive after getting trapped by snowfall while on a westward journey in 1846. ... Donner Pass ...
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May 10, 2024 · Donner party, group of American pioneers—named for the expedition’s captain, George Donner—who became stranded en route to California in late 1846. The party was trapped by exceptionally heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada, and, when food ran out, some members of the group reportedly resorted to cannibalism of those already dead.
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May 11, 2024 · Donner Pass, California. Donner Pass, pass, in the Sierra Nevada of northern California, U.S., that is the most important transmontane route (rail and highway) connecting San Francisco with Reno, Nevada. Rising to an elevation of more than 7,000 feet (2,100 metres), it lies 35 miles (55 km) west-southwest of Reno.
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Member of General Stephen W. Kearny's company, June 22, 1847 News of the Donner Party's fate was spread eastward by Samuel Brannan, a journalist and elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who ran into the salvage party as they came down from the pass with Keseberg. Accounts of the ordeal first reached New York City in July 1847. Reporting on the event across the U.S. was ...
Eastbound, take exit 174 for Soda Springs and turn right on Donner Pass Road. Drive about 3.6 miles to Sugar Bowl Road on the right; turn in and you'll see an old railroad tunnel carved into the rocks about 300 feet down on the left. Then return to Donner Pass Road and turn right to continue east. In .5 mile the view will open up and you'll see ...
Mar 5, 2024 · A man and his dog finish up a cross-country ski in the Donner Memorial State Park on March 5, 2024. Deep snow following a blizzard inundates the Truckee/Donner Pass area in California on March 5 ...
