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The Charles E. Davis Overland Trail Project Photographs The man is pointing south, where, some 12 miles distant, some fresh water can be had on at mountain spring called Reddings Spring. Some immigrant trains passed that way from out of Skull Valley in the early days – 1846 This is the Service Station near Cedar Mts. It was put here that the R-D party came to after giving on the distance to the springs near Josepa, just before crossing over the desert to Pilot Peak. Index Card 975 Willow Creek Canyon Tradedy. Remains of human, dog, cat, and horse bones discovered by Capt. Davis on his visit there. Seven miles above Well, Nev. Sept. 1927 Index Card 976 Showing how this man (see notees) hauls free water to a spot on the Victory Highway near where the R-D party crossed to, and down and out to the Desert in 1846 – in route to Pilot Peak Mt. Hauled water from? Index Card 977 Trap for catching wild horses in the center of Long Valley, Nev. Aug – 1927 Index Card 978 Capt. Davis pointing out Immigrant trail near Dugway Mt. Overland Stage Route – Sept 1927 Index Card 979 Fish Springs, Nev. This is the old Immigrant camp ground on the old Beckwourth and Overland Stage Trails. Index Card 980 The lady who dreamed of the Willow Creek Canyon tragedy. Sept ’27 (see notes) Index Card 981 Shore of Great Salt Lake near where emigrants parties came on the south side of the lake in 1846. Index Card 981* Shore of the Great Salt Lake near where emigrants party came on south side in 1846. Index Card 982 In the Silver Zone region of Nevada & Utah. The man is pointing the direction of the D R party wagon train trail. Index Card 983 Wells, Nevada, from the West Sept. 1927 Index Card 984 Near Dugway Mts. Utah. Remains of horse are Overland Stage route – Sept 1927. Index Card 985 Looking East on Victory Highway towards Hastings Pass. The Reed Donner party came over this on their way across to Pilot Peak. This view is taken looking east towards Low Utah. Just around the bend a few miles is Delle, Utah. Index Card 986 An unknown mark on the desert. The bones of a Pony Express pony, possibly killed by Indians. Index Card 987 Spot where wagons of Donner Party passed around South of Great Salt Lake – in 1846 – it is in the vicinity of Twenty Wells, Grantsville – Utah. Index Card 988 Over the many waste stretched, encountered their days, caused by over stocking in the past, many such palces now exist in Nev., Utah, and Wyoming. During the immigrant days, there spots were covered with grass and here vast herds of buffalo ranged. Index Card 989 Willow Creek, Nev. Showing how landslide trapped the train of passing immigrants about 1876. It is about 7 miles north of Wells, Nev. Index Card 990 Fort Halleck, Nev. 84
The Charles E. Davis Overland Trail Project Photographs Standing wall, leaving port holes of old Fort Halleck. Overland Stage Trail. Index Card 991 Going out of Long Valley Looking back over desert valley as they worked their way out of Long Valley, up into the mountains. Index Card 992 Near Six Mile Station. Nev. Sept – 1927 Remains of steer that died during expidemic on Humboldt. Index Card 993 On the South side of Great Salt Lake, in vicinty of Lake Point, Utah. The present Victory Highway parrells the R.R. It is the same ground that Fremont went on in 1845 ( ) and the Reed – Donner party in 1846. Index Card 994 Marks left by oxen of Donner-Reed party in alkali on desert. Index Card 995 Passing over Antelope Valley Mts. Nevada. Index Card 996 Willow Springs – An old immigrant grave near Mr. Tripp’s Rnach at Willow Springs. Cote in photo. Index Card 997 Old emigrant trail up out of Long Valley – Nevada. Index Card 998 This is the place, where the Reed – Donner prarty buried Luke Haloran, and what is known as Lake Point. Mr. Yates remembers as a boy that there were two immigrant graves here on this spot, 20 feet from where their wagons passed. Index Card 999 Where State high way crosses the old Emigrant Trail, Fremont Trail and on towards Pilot Peak across Great Salt Lake Desert. Index Card 1000 Site of Willow Creek Canyon tragedey Willow Creek Canyon, Nev. Index Card 1001 Willow Creek Canyon – site of tragedy –Aug 1927. Index Card 1002 Passing down between Dugway Mt. and Grainte Mt. “where we had no roads – an out way to explore the Great Salt Lake Desert.” Index Card 1003 Mt. Egan Pass, up from Cherry Creek, Nev. Index Card 1004 Fish Spring – off Fish Spring Mt., Utah on the Brekwourth – Overland Trails Sept. 1927. Index Card 1005 Thro Nevada on the old emigrant trail. Index Card 1006 I am pointing to where we found immigrant wagons out from Silver Island. On present improved Victory Highway, Silver Island can be seen. Index Card 1007 These four men are from the Pilot Peak ranch and helped Capt. Davis in the search on the Great desert for the Reed wagons. 1. Mc Kinnon (left. 2. 3. 4. Mc Kinnon Index Card 1008 Where the Donner Party passed from the Wasatch Mts. Around the southern edge of Great Salt Lake. Fremon also took this trail – the highway and the RR follow it today. Index Card 1009 Somewhere on the sage covered desert – Utah or Nevada? Index Card 1010 Camped on the edge of the Great Salt Lake desert, under Granite Mt. 85
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James and Margaret Reed, two surviv
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Introduction On April 15, 1846 the
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may actually be from multiple sourc
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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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Membership log for James F. Reed in
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Lewis, sources unknown, undated. Ma
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Booklet, American Home Dictionary,
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Guide to The Charles E. Davis Overl
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Access This collection is open for
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Collection Contents Series 1. Corre
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