The youngest daughter of George Donner tells the harrowing tale of her family's ill-fated journey at this site from the Library of Congress. This is primary source material.

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first person memoir, first person story, wagon train journey, wagon trains, western expansion, western migration, california trail, donner pass, donner-reed party, eliza donner houghton, hastings cutoff, sierra nevada mountains, donner party

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Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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