The Donner Party Who wants to go to California without costing them anything? As many as eight young men of good character who can drive an ox team will.

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The Donner Party

Who wants to go to California without costing them anything? As many as eight young men of good character who can drive an ox team will be accommodated. Come, boys, you can have as much land as you want without costing you anything!! Westward ho

Gold Money Land Just think….

What would leaving everything you know behind be like?

What does the monument represent? Why do you think this monument is so high?

Now it is your turn to live the experience…

Works Cited Donner Monument. 3 July Museum of the City of San Francisco, Distressing News. Museum of the City of San Francisco. 21 June New Light on the Donner Party. 3 June The Donner Party, A film by Ric Burns. The American Experience. 27 May 2003.