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Donner Party: Site Excavation
Trail of Tragedy: Donner Party Site Excavation (1994) - 29 min
For many years a plaque has marked the spot where the donner party presumably spent their tragic winter of 1846-47 trapped by the heavy snows of the Sierra Nevada. The Tahoe National Forest working with archaeology students from the University of Nevada, investigate and excavate the site looking for clues.
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