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

The Charles E. Davis Overland Trail Project Photographs
with the cooperative land mark organization of sister states and
Federal government at once.
Index Card 961 One of these springs where immigrants of long ago drank and died
of dysentery.
Death Valley.
Index Card 962 Passing out of Death Valley.
Index Card 963 This beautiful school house abandoned, principally owing to that
terrible tragedy at Mountain Meadow, Utah.
Index Card 964 McCurdy Tonight
They have lived in the West all their lives. Capt Davis says “They
are two grand old men, they make the West, & have lived in
Nevada all their ? lives.”
(see notes about me and brother swimming river in Civil War- He
is one with whiskers.)
Index Card 965 A promiment make recoginized by the early immigrant & explores
as marking the last water place on pass out on the barren desert of
80 miles to Pilot Peak Mt. Near Hastings Pass, out from ? Springs
– Sept. 1927.
Index Card 966 Three cowpinchers who helped Capt. Davis in determining the
where abouts of the R-D party wagons off the Silver Zone district.
Silver Zone is from the name of a Silver mine on the Nevad side of
the line, and now applies to the section extending to the Western
edge and portions of th Great Salt Lake Desert. Ranchers (these
men) are from Pilot Peak Springs. 3 of thou who helped on the
desert search –
(Check up on notes
3 brothers,
4 ?)
Capt Davis does not remember which camp is ? on McCurdy?
In the rear is Pilot Peak – The man at the left is pointing towards
Hastings Pass, Parts of Donner wagons were found near here. This
is right on the edge of their ranch.
Index Card 967 Silver Island district. Looking out (east) beyond Silver Island to
where the Reed-Donner Party had their trouble. They passed over
80 miles of desert waste to this point, which is where the Reed
family walked to after having to abandon their wagons in the
desert. (Sept. 1927)
Index Card 968 Emigrant Gap – in the Palisades above the Humboldt River, where
many emigrants passed.
Index Card 969 One of the first homes to be built by the Mormon settles in the
vicinity of “Twenty Wells” – which is now called Grantsville,
Utah.
Index Card 970 Willow Creek Canyon – Nev
Looking down valley from where the Immigrants were killed by
land slide.
Index Card 971 Willow Creek Canyong tragedy, near Wells, Nev.
Index Card 972 Stone Fort where men were buried
The stones mark the spot
Below “Bloud Canyon” above Gold Hill out from Ibapale –
between Ibapole and Willow Springs – Utah – This is the Rock
Station.
It is called Burnt Station.
Index Card 973 Home of Mr. McCurdy, near Ibapale, Nev. on old Overland Trail.
Capt. Davis standing on right.
Index Card 974 On Victory Highway.
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