Researcher's Guide to Sutter's Fort's Collections of Donner Party ...

The Charles E. Davis Overland Trail Project Photographs
Index Card 326 Top of Summit abouve Donner Lake, (where partys walked up)
Index Card 327 The South Fork of the Beautiful Yuba River, Where partys passed
down and up to Donner Lake.
Index Card 328 One of the many probeled [sic] probable sites, where partys
camped on there way up and down to Donner Lake.
The Covered Wagon of today, and friends we met.
Index Card 329 A few of the ‘Goast Trees,’
This spot on the bank of the Yuba River, was undouterly [sic], a
larger camping place. Chared ground and very old choped and
hacked, broken wood, also the sheltered condition in pass.
Index Card 330 “That beautyfull Yuba River” near where partys camped on the
way, up and down to Donner Lake.
Index Card 331 A likely camping place on there way dwon from top of Summit, to
summit valley below.
We found slight indercations [sic] indications.
Index Card 332 The northern shore of Lake Van Vorden, Summit Valley.
Index Card 333 An old Emer. near trail off the Playcerville Route
Index Card 334 Some of the mountains we explored in the Serrias, South side of
Summit Valley.
Index Card 335 Summit Valley. From north ? slope, Lake Van Vorden.
Index Card 336 Exploreing, Cold Stream Trail.
Index Card 337 There were no dry place, up here for us Desert “Rats,”
We got under trees, fine while it snowed, “but” the snow melted,
with no places to go. ‘dampeness war in our bones,’
Index Card 338 These well marked trees are oppoiste, Murphys Rock, The hacking
on them, undoutly done by some of Reed Donner Party.
These have been there and well known during Civil War Days.
Index Card 339 Old tree stumps, met up with on our way down, along the route,
that partys went to Bear Valley from Donner Lake.
Index Card 340 The pass where partys came up from Donner Lake, over into
Summit Valley west of Van Vorden Lake.
Index Card 341 “A feeling of spring was in the air,”
Cold Stream Trail.
Index Card 342 A place where platform had been laid over deep snows, where a
fire had been built there on.
This could have been Starvation or Death Camp (Spot is below
Summit Valley 1/5 distance down to Bear Valley)
Index Card 343 Van Vorden Lake, Summit Valley
(Was frozen over, on our first visit)
Index Card 344 Showing Snow Hog Back.
Horseshoe bend where the old Emer. Cold Stream Trail passes up
to right in foreground.
(To the right of this Hog Back well in we found an old wagon.)
Index Card 345 Donner Lake, Pack trail over Summit Ridge.
Index Card 346 Pointing out a possiable route taken by partys down to Bear
Valley.
Index Card 347 North edge of Summit Valley
Paruting [sic] to route taken down by Soda Sprs.
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