1.Previous
3.Next

attempt to use the pass near the Truckee River (now Donner Pass) all caused delays in their journey.Finally, a large, early blizzard brought the remaining settlers to a halt at the edge of what is now Donner Lake, about 1200 ft below the steep granite summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains and 90 mi east of their final destination, Sutter's Fort (near Sacramento).

1.Previous
3.Next