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DONNER PARTY
NEAR THIS SPOT STOOD THE BREEN CABIN OF THE PARTY OF
EMIGRANTS WHO STARTED FOR CALIFORNIA FROM SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS,
IN APRIL, 1846, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CAPTAIN GEORGE DONNER.
DELAYS OCCURRED AND WHEN THE PARTY REACHED THIS LOCALITY, ON
OCTOBER 29, THE TRUCKEE PASS EMIGRANT ROAD WAS CONCEALED BY SNOW.
THE HEIGHT OF THE SHAFT OF THE MONUMENT INDICATES THE DEPTH OF THE
SNOW, WHICH WAS TWENTY-TWO FEET. AFTER FUTILE EFFORTS TO CROSS
THE SUMMIT THE PARTY WAS COMPELLED TO ENCAMP FOR THE WINTER.
THE GRAVES CABIN WAS SITUATED ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE TO
THE EASTWARD, THE MURPHY CABIN ABOUT TWO HUNDRED YARDS SOUTHWEST OF
THE MONUMENT, AND THE DONNER TENTS WERE AT THE HEAD OF ALDER CREEK.
NINETY PEOPLE WERE IN THE PARTY AND FORTY-TWO PERISHED, MOST OF
THEM FROM STARVATION AND EXPOSURE.
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE PIONEERS WHO CROSSED THE PLAINS TO SETTLE IN CALIFORNIA
MONUMENT ERECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIVE SONS AND THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
MONUMENT DEDICATED JUNE 6, 191EASTMAN'S STUDIO
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