The Donner Party

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The Donner Party
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Westward ho
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!!
http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/filmmore/index
.html
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Just think.
Money
Land
Gold
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What would leaving everything you know behind be
like?
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• Why do you think this monument is so high?

• What does the monument
  represent?

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Now it is your turn to live the experience
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Works Cited Donner Monument. 3 July 2003
lthttp//www.sonic.net/laird/landmarks/counties/10
0-199/134.htmlgt. Museum of the City of San
Francisco, Distressing News. Museum of the City
of San Francisco. 21 June 2003
lthttp//www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/donner.htmlgt.
New Light on the Donner Party. 3 June 2003
lthttp//www.utahcrossroads.org/DonnerParty/Chrono
logy.htmgt. The Donner Party, A film by Ric
Burns. The American Experience. 27 May 2003
lthttp//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donnergt.