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George donner began a perilous journey across the continent, a new and untested route resulted in many unexplored, pected hardships and delays. The wagons were late reached in the sierra nevada. The last barrier on the route to california. Disaster awaited the 87 men, women and children of the donner party early autumn snowstorm. Arms trapped the wagons and they were forced to construct makeshift camps for the winter. The result was extreme suffering and starvation. By the following april, when ...
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