MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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the family was trapped in the Rockies during a surprise snowstorm and were trapped for many months
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Beginning the first successful gold mine in California
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Starting the community of the Mormons in Utah, following their leader, John Smith
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everybody raved about the food at the party
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Detailed explanation-1: -The rescue process took over two months. Of the five months the Donner Party spent trapped in the mountains, nearly half of it took place after they had already been located by rescuers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The party was trapped by exceptionally heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada, and, when food ran out, some members of the group reportedly resorted to cannibalism of those already dead. It was the worst disaster of the overland migration to California. Donner Lake and Donner Pass, California, are named for the party.
Detailed explanation-3: -During a snowstorm they stopped and set up camp at the east end of Truckee Lake, now named Donner Lake, California, 13 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe.
Detailed explanation-4: -On October 20, 1846, an exceptionally early and heavy snowstorm dumped foot after foot of cement-like snow on the Sierra Nevada mountains, trapping 81 members of the ill-fated Donner Party, more than half of them children.