Following the Trail of the Donner Party Part 4 of 7: The Hastings Cutoff
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Date of adventure: 6/14/19 - 6/15/19
Beginning in the 1840s, hundreds of thousands of people undertook the monumental overland journey to the American West -- mostly on foot, or in simple wooden wagons. And they weren't all mountain men or cowboys -- most were average men, women and children, looking for a better life. Say what you will about their motivations, treatment of Native peoples, and impact on the landscape -- these people were HARD CORE! Imagine walking 2,000 miles, dragging all your worldly possessions over deserts, across rivers and over the Rocky Mountains -- all without modern camping gear or GPS! It was rough...but also the adventure of a lifetime.
Join me as I drive the entire length of this route, following the footsteps of one of the first wagon trains to undertake this journey: the ill-fated Donner Party. These 84 people left the edge of "civilization" in Independence, Missouri in 1846...and thanks to a series of bad decisions and bad luck, ended up trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains, infamously resorting to cannibalism to survive the winter.
How did it happen? Let's find out!
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Hastings cutoff map: Kmusser - Own work, Elevation data from SRTM, Trails data from the NPS [1], all other features from the National Atlas., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9777193
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Видео Following the Trail of the Donner Party Part 4 of 7: The Hastings Cutoff канала Wonderhussy Adventures
Date of adventure: 6/14/19 - 6/15/19
Beginning in the 1840s, hundreds of thousands of people undertook the monumental overland journey to the American West -- mostly on foot, or in simple wooden wagons. And they weren't all mountain men or cowboys -- most were average men, women and children, looking for a better life. Say what you will about their motivations, treatment of Native peoples, and impact on the landscape -- these people were HARD CORE! Imagine walking 2,000 miles, dragging all your worldly possessions over deserts, across rivers and over the Rocky Mountains -- all without modern camping gear or GPS! It was rough...but also the adventure of a lifetime.
Join me as I drive the entire length of this route, following the footsteps of one of the first wagon trains to undertake this journey: the ill-fated Donner Party. These 84 people left the edge of "civilization" in Independence, Missouri in 1846...and thanks to a series of bad decisions and bad luck, ended up trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains, infamously resorting to cannibalism to survive the winter.
How did it happen? Let's find out!
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wonderhussy
Or help fuel my next trip: https://www.paypal.me/wonderhussy
2020 Calendar now available: https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/wonderhussyadventures
Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/wonderhussy
Recommended Gear: https://www.amazon.com/shop/wonderhussyadventures
Credits:
Hastings cutoff map: Kmusser - Own work, Elevation data from SRTM, Trails data from the NPS [1], all other features from the National Atlas., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9777193
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