Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high (2,151 m) mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles...
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The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest...
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related to Donner Lake at Wikimedia Commons Trailspotting: Donner Memorial State Park Trail Hike description & photos California State Parks:Donner Lake Views...
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where the Donner party was trapped by snow Donner Pass, a mountain pass in California Donner Ski Ranch on Donner Summit, California Donner und Blitzen...
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Donner Memorial State Park is a state park of California, US, preserving the site of the Donner Camp, where members of the ill-fated Donner Party were...
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Tahoe Donner Downhill is a small ski resort with five ski lifts and 14+ trails, in Truckee, California 4.5 mi (7.2 km) northeast of Donner Pass. There...
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Donner Pass: The Road to Survival is a 1978 American historical drama television film about the Donner Party, directed by James L. Conway, written by S...
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snowboard area in northern Placer County near Norden, California along the Donner Pass of the Sierra Nevada, approximately 46 mi (74 km) west of Reno, Nevada...
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by Martin Ritt, who encouraged Donner to become a director instead. Ritt hired Donner as his assistant. Later, Donner was on the staff of Desilu, where...
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California. Stocklin has played leading roles in feature films including Donner Pass (2011) and The Bad Guys (2015). He also appeared on television in recurring...
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route form a new company and elect George Donner captain, thus creating the Donner Party. July 20, 1846: The Donner Party separates from the other wagon trains...
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I-80, Donner Pass, and the Nevada border. It is in the Tahoe National Forest not far off the Pacific Crest Trail, and adjacent to Castle Pass. It was...
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California Trail (redirect from Henness Pass Road)
of the original Lincoln Highway over Donner summit built in about 1925 climbed the eastern Sierra to Donner Pass with multiple steep switchbacks. Today...
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"Donner Pass: Southern Pacific's Sierra Crossing". Donner Summit Historical Society. Retrieved November 10, 2020. Signor, John (1985). Donner Pass :...
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five ski areas at Donner Pass. East aspect seen from the California Zephyr Mt. Judah (upper left), Donner Peak centered, from Donner Lake Boat's mast pointed...
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Donner Peak is an 8,019-foot-elevation (2,444 meter) summit in Placer County, California, United States. Donner Peak is located one mile southeast of...
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rescue for the broader Donner Party (the film chooses to focus on a select few characters, while in the real-life background the Donner-Reed Party considered...
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was used hauling SP's trains over the Sierra Nevada, often working on Donner Pass in California. Today it is preserved at the California State Railroad...
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Norden, California (redirect from Donner, California)
transcontinental railroad, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Donner Pass. Near Norden is the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort and Donner Ski Ranch, located in nearby Placer County...
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Truckee, California (section Donner Party)
Americans passed through Truckee, but there is Washoe people oral history of the Donner Party tragedy of the winter of 1846–47. The Donner Party ordeal...
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was later named Donner Pass. The crossing was a year before the third expedition of John Charles Fremont, two years before the Donner Party, and five...
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USS Donner (LSD-20) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named for the Sierra Nevada Donner Pass, where the Donner Party...
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Walls, Donner Trail, and Dutch Flat Donner – Lake Wagon Road at Donner Pass" CPRR.org "Period construction images of snowsheds at Cisco and Donner Summit"...
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far as Reno via Donner Pass. Henness Pass and its namesake road still provide the only crossing of any significance between Yuba Pass (State Route 49)...
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and Donner Lake Wagon Road from Emigrant Gap to Donner Lake. The segment of I-80 from Emigrant Gap to Truckee also forms part of the Yuba–Donner Scenic...
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the plow. In areas of particularly deep snowfall, such as California's Donner Pass, railroads sometimes created a train consisting of a rotary snowplow...
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Donner Pass. Keddie was the site of the "last spike" ceremony held on November 1, 1909. The Feather River route was preferred by some over the Donner...
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Colfax), Dutch Flat, and Summit Valley (Donner Pass) to the Truckee River". He advocated the chosen Dutch Flat-Donner Pass route as the most practical one with...
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Nevada pass at 5,221 feet (1,591 m)) Carson Pass Devil's Gate Pass Donahue Pass Donner Pass (pass of the Donner Party and Lincoln Highway) Donner Summit...
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feet (440 meters) above Donner Lake in two miles. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses the peak, providing an approach from Donner Pass. This landform's toponym...
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