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Canoer on California's Donner Lake presumed dead after capsizing
A man is presumed to have drowned on Donner Lake on Wednesday afternoon after his canoe capsized. Around 3:30 p.m., Truckee police received reports of a canoe occupied by two men that had flipped ...
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Donner Party Survivors Were Rescued on This Day in 1847 After Weeks of Frigid Conditions, Starvation and—Eventually—Cannibalism
Hastings recommended a more “direct” route that cut through Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert and the Wasatch Mountains. The 7,088-foot pass that now bears the Donner family's name Public domain ...