The Archaeology of the Donner Party
Contributors: Michael J. Brodhead (Contributor); Donald K. Grayson (Contributor)
Edition: New edition
Series: Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History and Humanities
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: January 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780874176612
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; North American archaeology; c 1800 to c 1900; United States - 19th Century/Old West; Archaeology / Anthropology; History; History: American; Nevada; United States - State & Local - West; Archaeology
First sentence: In the winter of 1846-1847 nearly half of a group of emigrants traveling overland on their way west to California perished after being trapped by snow in the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada (Figure 1).