The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party

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Marian Calabro – In April 1846, the James Reed family and some others left Springfield to search for a better life in California. Convinced to take a “shortcut” through the mountains, they found too late it was impassable… Winter arrived, with 81 people trapped in the mountains in deep snow with insufficient supplies. Snippets of young Virginia Reed’s letters help tell the tragic true tale of how only 47 survived, at an appalling cost… R:VL

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Marian Calabro – In April 1846, the James Reed family and some others left Springfield to search for a better life in California. Convinced to take a “shortcut” through the mountains, they found too late it was impassable… Winter arrived, with 81 people trapped in the mountains in deep snow with insufficient supplies. Snippets of young Virginia Reed’s letters help tell the tragic true tale of how only 47 survived, at an appalling cost… R:VL

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