On February 19, 1847, rescuers reach the Donner Party in the Sierra Mountains.
Quote Of The Day
"19th at sundown reached the Cabins and found the people in great distress such as I never before witnessed there having been twelve deaths and more expected every hour the sight of us appeared to put life into their emaciated frames." Diary of the First Relief
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Stumps of trees cut at the Alder Creek site by members of the Donner Party, photograph taken in 1866. The height of the stumps indicates the depth of snow. By Lawrence & Houseworth, publisher. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3a28397. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org