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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 757431" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><strong>Donner Pass</strong> (el. 7,085 ft (2,160 m)) is a high <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_pass" target="_blank">mountain pass</a> in the northern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_%28U.S.%29" target="_blank">Sierra Nevada</a>, located above <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Lake" target="_blank">Donner Lake</a> about nine miles (14 km) west of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truckee,_California" target="_blank">Truckee, California</a>. It is a narrow pass with a very steep approach from the east, and a gradual approach from the west.</p><p> To reach <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank">California</a> from the East, pioneer emigrants had to get their wagons over the Sierra. In 1844, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephens-Townsend-Murphy_Party" target="_blank">Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party</a> followed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truckee_River" target="_blank">Truckee River</a> up into the mountains. At the head of what is now called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Lake" target="_blank">Donner Lake</a>, they found a low notch in the mountains and thus became the first overland emigrants to use the pass.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Pass#cite_note-0" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Pass#cite_note-0</a></p><p> The pass received its name, however, from another group of California-bound emigrants. In early November 1846, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party" target="_blank">Donner Party</a> found the route blocked by snow and was forced to spend the winter on the eastern side of the mountains. Of the 81 emigrants, only 45 survived to reach California;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Pass#cite_note-1" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Pass#cite_note-1</a> some of them are alleged to have resorted to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism" target="_blank">cannibalism</a> to survive</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 757431, member: 12952"] [B]Donner Pass[/B] (el. 7,085 ft (2,160 m)) is a high [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_pass"]mountain pass[/URL] in the northern [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_%28U.S.%29"]Sierra Nevada[/URL], located above [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Lake"]Donner Lake[/URL] about nine miles (14 km) west of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truckee,_California"]Truckee, California[/URL]. It is a narrow pass with a very steep approach from the east, and a gradual approach from the west. To reach [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California"]California[/URL] from the East, pioneer emigrants had to get their wagons over the Sierra. In 1844, the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephens-Townsend-Murphy_Party"]Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party[/URL] followed the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truckee_River"]Truckee River[/URL] up into the mountains. At the head of what is now called [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Lake"]Donner Lake[/URL], they found a low notch in the mountains and thus became the first overland emigrants to use the pass.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Pass#cite_note-0"][/URL] The pass received its name, however, from another group of California-bound emigrants. In early November 1846, the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party"]Donner Party[/URL] found the route blocked by snow and was forced to spend the winter on the eastern side of the mountains. Of the 81 emigrants, only 45 survived to reach California;[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Pass#cite_note-1"][/URL] some of them are alleged to have resorted to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism"]cannibalism[/URL] to survive [/QUOTE]
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