Process and problems of settlement
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- Created on: 23-06-18 12:36
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- Process and Problems
- Process
- Donner Party
- Led by Donner brothers
- Set off from Missouri, Independence 1846
- Split from group, June
- Hasting's cut-off
- Untested
- Harder than anticipated
- Added a month to time
- Used supplies
- October, started climb of Sierra Nevada
- Early winter stranded all
- December group of 17 walked to California
- 7 arrived
- Rescue party reached stranded in February 1847
- Few survived through cannibalism
- Rescue party reached stranded in February 1847
- 7 arrived
- December group of 17 walked to California
- Early winter stranded all
- Hasting's cut-off
- Mormons
- Journey
- 1846 first group built repair stations, planted crops and built bridges
- Winter quarters
- Missouri River
- Cabins for winter months
- Disease, many died and buried
- Route north side of Platte river
- Avoid other travelers
- 6 weeks, rested at Fort Laramie
- Followed Oregon Trail to Fort Bridger by 7 July
- Entered Salt Lake Valley 21 July
- Others followed
- Groups of 100 wagons
- 1847-1869
- Others followed
- Entered Salt Lake Valley 21 July
- Followed Oregon Trail to Fort Bridger by 7 July
- Winter quarters
- 1846 first group built repair stations, planted crops and built bridges
- Journey
- Donner Party
- White settlement
- Living
- Lack of water
- Lack of shelter/ building materials
- Extremes of weather
- Fuel
- Farming
- Lack of water
- Protecting crops (lack of building materials)
- Extremes of weather
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- Process
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