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The Charles E. Davis Overland Trail Project Photographs Index Card 767 Down to Salt Lake Valley on the old Immigrant Trail. October. Index Card 768 Wasatch Mountains, Utah. On way up East Canyon from Weber River. Index Card 769P neg ok Index Card 770 Little Mountain, Wasatch Mountains, Utah. It took men to pull these teams up over the mountains to Salt Lake Valley in 1846. Index Card 771 The top of Little Mountain where Reed-Donner party came over in 1846. Index Card 772 Route leading down over Little Mountain into Canyon below. Wasatch Mountain, Utah. Index Card 773 Little Mt. showing valley below, on there way up to top. The valley they left shows where Emer. cmae down from the left from over Big. Mt. Index Card 774 On the way up to top of Little Mountain from Mt. Dell, Utah. Index Card 775 Wasatch Mountains, Utah, down from top of Little Mountain where Reed-Donner party came to Salt Lake Valley. Index Card 776 Distant canyon where Reed-Donner party had to pass down canyon. Index Card 777 Route the Reed-Donner party passed down from Little Mountain to Salt Lake Valley. Index Card 778 The route over Little Mountain. Index Card 779 Big Mountain, near where Reed-Donner party passed over to Salt Lake Valley in 46 & 47. Wasatch Mountains. Index Card 780 Up Weber Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Utah. Immigrant Trail, Fremont 1845, Hastings 1846. Index Card 781 The Immigrant Trail up Little Mountain where Reed Donner party came into Salt Lake Valley. Index Card 782 On the way up East Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Utah. Index Card 783 On the Reed-Donner trail, Wasatch Mountains, Utah. Index Card 784 Down Weber Canyon where immigrants went through. Hastings Party, 1846, Fremont 1845. Wasatch Mountains, Utah. Index Card 785 This is the Emer. Trail coming down to Salt Lake City, that was blazed by those Brave Heroic, people on the Reed – Donner Party of 1846. Followed the next year 1847 by Brigam Young, and his brave Pioneer followering, settling S.L. Valley. Index Card 786 Wasatch Moutains, Utah. The wagons of the Reed_Donner party were taken over this steep mountain into Salt Lake Valley. Index Card 787 Nice, smooth going for Immigrant wagons over top of Little Mountain, 1846. Index Card 788 Over Little Mountain. Index Card 789 On the way down the old Emigrant Trail over Little Mountain, Utah. Index Card 790 Little Mountain, Utah. Nice pretty going over old Emigrant Trail. 72
The Charles E. Davis Overland Trail Project Photographs Index Card 791 Emigrant Trail leading up to Little Mountain, East Canyon, Utah. Index Card 792 Down from Little Mountain to Sale Lake Valley. Index Card 793 Mr. Tugnini who owns many olf immigrant wagon on the site of old Fort Ruby – Nev. Overland Stage Route. 1927. Index Card 794 Boyd Station, Nev. This is the old Pony Express Station on the Overland Stage Trail. Near Black Rock between Willows Springs and Black Rock. Index Card 795 Near Gravelly For, an the Humboldt River, near where lies buried John Snyder, who was killed by Reed in a quarrel there during the passage of the R – D party in ’46. Index Card 796 Mrs. Torginini and her son who owns old site of Fort Ruby and are much interested in preserving old wagons they own of the past. Overland Stage route. Index Card 797 Mr. Scott and his men, owners of Fort Hallock, Nevada. The two men on the side of Mr. Scott were born there, soldiers sons. Index Card 798 A pony where it fell in days of Pony Express. Rider killed by Indian. Index Card 799 Showing the immigrant road passing into landslide at Willow Creek Canyon, Nevada where unknown travellers perished some 50 years ago. Index Card 800 This girl was born at Fort Shelburne and has a telegraph instrument that was picked up at Stage Station there. Mrs. Cooley, Ruby Valley, Nevada. Index Card 801 Fine old man, Mr. Yates of Lake Point, Utah, showing us where that member of the ill fated Donner-Reed lay buried (Luke Maloran.), the first Mason buried in Utah. Index Card 802 Immigrant boy that was buried between Elko and Carlin on present site of Nevada State Industrial School, near main Emigrant Trail. Index Card 803 Overland Express Station at Fish Springs Mountains on Edge of Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah. Index Card 804 An old Overland Stage Station at Fish Spring Mountains on the edge of Great Salt Lake Desert. Index Card 805 These three men, the oldest representation of Wendoner, Utah, assisted Capt. Davis in his work on the G.S.L. Desert 1 Mumsey 2. Mumsey 3 Brothers ? Rt. 3. Gene Mumsey Index Card 806 Happy Jack Rice on Overland Stage Trail at Tippets Ranch, Nevada. Index Card 807 Tragedy Mountain. Willow Creek Canyon, near Wells, Nevada. Index Card 808 no negative Index Card 809 Cherry Creek P.O. Nevada. These men helped us in the search for historical date. Overland Trail. Index Card 810 Remains of wild horse through Nevada. Index Card 811 Granite Mt. Spring – This is a wonderful spring that the R – D party missed On their way over the Great Salt Lake Desert. Fremont also missed this spring, and by missing it, lost many of his horses & mules, & just escaped disaster for his entire party. 73
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James and Margaret Reed, two surviv
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Introduction On April 15, 1846 the
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Donner material in the General File
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Donner Material in the Curators’
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Title Dates Descriptive Summary Gui
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For many years the archives at Sutt
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History and Biography James Frazier
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weaker children at the lake in the
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Mar.5-7 A blizzard traps Reed’s p
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Indexing Terms The following terms
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Hart, Wm., Aug. 13, 1851. 8-3-308 :
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Nelson, Mary L. to Loyd C. Backento
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