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

The Charles E. Davis Overland Trail Project Photographs
Index Card 491 Showing how snow bridges are formed from water melting tunnel
below. Steping, falling through these on a larger scale, was some
of the experances [sic] experiences of those starving, dieing
helpless women and children of Reed-Donner Party.
Index Card 492 In the vicinity of Donner Lake.
Index Card 493 One of the many possiable camping places of partys in vicinty of
Donner Lake.
Index Card 494 An old camping place in evidence along partys trail between Alder
Creek and Donner Lake.
Index Card 495 Cross, The site of Graves Cabin, Donner Creek, Cross on ground,
the Mounment can be seen in distance to left.
Index Card 496 Goast Stump, at an old camping place of partys coming up and
down, Between Bear Valley and Donner Cabins.
Index Card 497 On the old Emer. trails near Cold Stream, “Spring”
Index Card 498 Between Alder Creek Meadows and Donner Lake.
Index Card 499 Train Sheds, abouve Van Vorden Lake, Summit Vally. “Spring”
Index Card 500 The kind of Country over hills between Alder Creek and Donner
Lake. Where that heroic little lady Mrs. Geo. Donner travelled
through deep snow alone, disheartened, starving, cold, dieing,
hopeless, without hope. (“but doing her duty to the last”)
Index Card 501 A very likely place, that some of partys camped abouve Alder
Creek.
Index Card 502 Top of highes hill between Donner Lake and Alder Creek.
Index Card 503 A possiable camping place of partys, passing over these hills
between Alder Creek and Donner Lake.
Index Card 504 On an old pack trail, passing down below Summit Valley.
Country partys passed through when this ground was covered with
deep snow.
Index Card 505 The old Emer. trail passing up, below Donner Lake, from Trucke
River.
Index Card 506 One of the many places, where those poor Emer. could have lost
there lives.
(Fire would fall through snow into a stream of running water
leaving, women and children hopeless, alone, McGlashen)
Index Card 507 Well marked old trees, that witnessed that terriable tradgerty [sic]
tradgey of Murphys Shelter.
Tablit can be seen on large rock where shleter was constructed.
These trees bear marks today.
Index Card 508 This, red mountain opp. Cisca, is the possiable place that relief
party found the remains of that wounderful, hero Stanton.
Should be given the name Mt. Stanton.
Index Card 509 Part of the Summit, abouve Summit Valley.
Index Card 510 Red Mt. opp. Cisca, near where Stanton remains are today
undouterly.
This Mt. should be named after that wounderfull man, Mt. Stanton.
Index Card 511 Red Mt.
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