TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 A SHORTCUT WEST 4 Chapter 2 THE PASS CLOSES 14 Chapter 3 SNOWBOUND 20 Chapter 4 THE DONNER LEGACY 28 GLOSSARY 38 SOURCE NOTES 38 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 39 FURTHER INFORMATION 39 INDEX 40
A SHORTCUT WEST 1 Between 1840 and 1860 about 250,000 men women and children moved across North America These emigrating pioneers abandoned crowded eastern states to settle territories in the West They loaded their families and belongings into wagons They set out on a journey that would take them about four months and cover more than 2,000 miles 3,200 kilometers They crossed plains mountains rivers and deserts By 1860 these settlers filled the vast lands of Oregon and California Emigrating pioneers often traveled in covered wagons 4
Death in the Donner Party
The Donner Party left Illinois to begin a new life in California. Trapped in the Sierra Nevada for the winter, what would they do to survive?
About This Book
By: Emily Rose Oachs
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Published by: Lerner Publications an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
