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Donner Camp place

id: p_donner-camp_803fac

also known as: Donner camp

Probable 70%Duplicate candidateLost place
Summary:  Site where cabins had been burned and many lives lost.
Completeness: 29/100 Grade F
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Claims (2)

lived_at

pine stumps twelve feet high
cited from “Trukee desert of sand fifty miles without… (1891)
“Trukee desert of sand fifty miles without wood or water, was reached and crossed with- out accident, but it was decidedly severe on nervous men. When we reached Donner camp the cabins had been burned, but the numerous big pine stumps standing …

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cabins that were burned
cited from “Trukee desert of sand fifty miles without… (1891)
“Trukee desert of sand fifty miles without wood or water, was reached and crossed with- out accident, but it was decidedly severe on nervous men. When we reached Donner camp the cabins had been burned, but the numerous big pine stumps standing …

Sources (1)

“Trukee desert of sand fifty miles without…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

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