A rescue effort, called the First Relief,…

February 1847 CE

A rescue effort, called the First Relief, leaves Johnson's Ranch on February 5 to save the ill-fated Donner Party (these California-bound emigrants had become snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–47, and some had resorted to cannibalism to survive).

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Wheatland Yuba California United States View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Mexico, Second Federal Republic of View → California Territory View → Donner Party View →

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“Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View →

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