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

The Charles E. Davis Overland Trail Project Photographs
Index Card 450 On the way up from Cold Stream.
Index Card 451 On the top of Ridge abouve Cold Stream Where an old Pack Train
passed up and over.
Index Card 452 The site of Murphys Cabin. Old stump still standing that partys cut
wood from.
Index Card 453 This tree stood much higher up to a few years ago. This historical
old timere still stand at edge of Highway up from Graves Cabin
Tablet. It had been cut in deep snow. (Graves Cabin Tree Stump)
Index Card 454 Undouterly an old cmaping place used by partys coming down
from Donner Lake Cabins. Near Tasmerack Flat on there way to
Bear Valley. (Goast Tree at camping place.)
Index Card 455 Spot on Donner Creek west from Graves Cabin where parties had a
big fire burning in the deep snow.
Stump still standing on way up to Donner Monument from Graves
Cabin.
Index Card 456 On the high hills, Between Trucke and Alder Creek Where some of
partys passed over.
Index Card 457 Looking down from high ridge Barier to where a wagon was
abandoned another high ridge is still abouve here. (Still people
kick about cond. of there mordern Highways?)
Index Card 458 Passing up abouve Cold Stream pointing out way up. The snow in
open place was Evaporating into the air. OLD HCP
Index Card 459 The large wooden cross, Burnt down by (Civilized Hoodlems) of
today. Marking Burel palce of Emer. who died at Graves Cabin
just below this rise.
Index Card 460 A few stumps are all that remain snear where this Historic party
had there shelters. With that wonderfull Monument of Insperation.
Donner Monument.
Index Card 461 On the high Hog Back Ridge to the left of Cold Stream pointing
out two way that unknown partys passed over dividing ridge. Dry
Hog Back Ridge.
Index Card 462 Only at certain palces could wagons pass over. Why? Part of the
dividing ridge of the Serrias.
Index Card 463 Near Cold Stream Trail pointing up to Summit. Near old trails we
found stumps that had been burnt off in deep snow.
Index Card 464 Some of the country passed over abouve Alder Creek and where
evidence of an old map was found.
Index Card 465 The beautyfull Serrias are impossiable to pass over with deep
snow. Yet those wounderfull heroic starving, dieing, hopless Reed-
Donner Party got over?
Index Card 466 A beautyfull sciene about Donner Lake in Spring. Where the
Impossiable attempts were mad [sic] made to take over wagons in
heavy snow.
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