<p>Charles Fayette McGlashan (1847-1931), truly a genius, is the patriarch of Truckee, California. His life was filled with amazing achievements. He was a pioneer newspaper editor, a formidable criminal defense attorney, originator of winter sports in the West, progressive legislator in Sacramento, inventor, scientist, and a spellbinding orator who was in great demand at civic functions throughout the state. He is best remembered for his History of the Donner Party. In From the Desk of Truckee;s C.F. McGlashan, he tells how, through a chance meeting with a Donner Party survivor, he came to be the Donner Party biographer. Read his letters, never before printed, to Eliza Donner Houghton, just a child when the wagon train was stalled for the winter at Donner Lake. Their exchange of letters helped unravel the details of the tragedy. McGlashan also describes his interview with a pathetic Lewis Keseberg, who was accused of killing Eliza's mother, Tamsen Donner. Read his nationally reported news story of the gruesome slaughter of a wagon train by renegade Mormons dressed as U.S. Calvary "rescuing" the wagon train from Indians. Learn how he accurately measured the depth of Lake Tahoe with a weight champagne bottle and almost drowned, and how he rode a runaway snowplow train through the Donner Summit snow sheds. Read his farsighted letter to the Truckee Chamber of Commerce urging the purchase of property for a winter sports area. Reflect on his handwritten notes to himself on his twentieth birthday - twenty going on fifty. Relish the only published collection of writings of Truckee's C.F. McGlashan. His pioneer spirit, which earned him a lofty place in the history of the West, will earn its way into your heart.</p>

From the Desk of Truckee's C.F. McGlashan: His Letters to Eliza Donner Houghton, Donner Party Survivor, Investigative Report of a Massacred Wagon Train, Truckee-Tahoe Adventures and More

C. F. McGlashan

Truckee-Donner Historical Society

The Donner Party was a group of American Pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train. Delayed by a series of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846-47 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada. Some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism to survive, eating those who had succumbed to starvation and sickness. Historians have described the episode as one of the most spectacular tragedies in Californian history and in the record of western migration. This book is part of the Historical Collection of Badgley Publishing Company and has been transcribed from the original. The original contents have been edited and corrections have been made to original printing, spelling and grammatical errors when not in conflict with the author’s intent to portray a particular event or interaction. Annotations have been made and additional contents have been added by Badgley Publishing Company in order to clarify certain historical events or interactions and to enhance the author’s content. Photos and illustrations from the original have been touched up, enhanced and sometimes enlarged for better viewing. Additional illustrations and photos have been added by Badgley Publishing Company.

History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra

Literature & Fiction

C. Stephen Badgley

Poetry

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The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 7.2 hours (slow), 6.6 hours (medium), 5.9 hours (fast).  The first and best source concerning a grim episode in the annals of the settlement of California.

History of the Donner Party

History

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