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Title
UPTLA #7
Description
Donner Trail 1846
Creator
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Date
1931
Identifier
UPTLA-007
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Subtitle
Donner Trail 1846
Story
The Donner Party led by George and Jacob Donner and James F. Reed passed here and crossed Jordan River nearby about September 2, 1846. This party, consisting of 81 persons, 35 of them children, was delayed 2 weeks building a road via emigration canyon. Lost some wagons and many animals crossing Great Salt Lake desert and became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains where 36 of them perished that winter.
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