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This page examines the route taken by the Donner Party, on the Hastings Cutoff along the South Fork Humboldt River (from Huntington Creek - by Twin Bridges - to the Humboldt River - where the Hastings Cutoff Trail rejoines the California Trail.) ... USGS Topographic Map of South Fork of Humboldt River...
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www.elkorose.com/wagonsho.html
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T. H. Jefferson's map showing the Hastings Cutoff had a note on it that said: "[e]migrants who reach this pass by the first of October are safe"5 -- referring to the pass in the Sierras later named for the Donner's.
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oregonoverland.com/11-new.pdf
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Trails West A Map of Early Western Migration Trails Far Out West ... The Northern Trails Applegate Trail Bozeman Trail California Trail Hastings Cutoff Hensley-Salt Lake Cutoff Lassen Emigrant Trail, the Pit River Canyon Cherokee Trail, a.k.a. Evans Northern Cherokee Trail Mormon Trail, a.k.a. Mormon Pioneer Trail,
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www.tngenweb.org/tnletters/usa-west.htm
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Bryant's book, published in 1848, had a rather wide distribution and was carried by some immigrants, since it furnished detailed information on parts of the California Trail and the Hastings Cutoff.7 Jefferson, in 1846, made the first accurate map of this route, but did not publish it until 1849, when the gold rush...
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www.scienceviews.com/historical/hastings1849.html
www.scienceviews.com/historical/hastings1849.html
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HASTINGS CUTOFF - LAKE POINT ... A 1856 GLO survey map shows a variance of the trail turning to the west. KCC, without knowing it, excavated the ground north and east of here tearing out some pristine trail depressions. The GLO map also shows a trail going west to the old mill that was being constructed in 1850 and...
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www.scienceviews.com/historical/deadmanscave.html
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Get a custom-printed topographic map centered on Hastings Cutoff - Sponsored Link; Hastings Cutoff Map - Multimap; Hastings Cutoff Street Map and Satellite Photo - Google Maps; Hastings Cutoff Aerial Photo and Topo Map - Terraserver; Hastings Cutoff Map - MSN; Environmental Hazards, Flood Area Maps,
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This exhibition illuminates many significant places along the Hastings Cutoff in the critical desert segment between what is now called Grantsville and Donner Spring, Utah, near the border with Nevada. The motivation for taking the cutoff or short-cut was ... 25. Ox Bones? Great Salt Desert, UT 26. The Professor's Map;
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www.utahcrossroads.org/G_HR_Tea.htm
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Although the material presented here is greatly abbreviated in comparison to his full, printed field guide for this portion of the Hastings Cutoff, Roy would appreciate your comments on this page and the accompanying photographs.
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www.utahcrossroads.org/RTFrames.htm
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In 1846, one Lansford W. Hastings claimed to have found a new, timesaving route to California. Hastings then tried to persuade settlers in Missouri to allow him to lead them to California. Known as the Hastings Cutoff, his route lay directly through the Great Salt Lake desert in Utah. ... view map...
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www.nps.gov/cali/historyculture/donner-reed_story.htm
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