Images of America: Donner Summit history It establishes Tahoe as one

It establishes Tahoe as one of America's literary hot spots by tracing the steps of more than a dozen authors including Bertrand Russell

Hardships mount

an assassination attempt

In a frantic effort to reach California before winter

and no genetic tinkering involved

Images of America: Donner Summit history It establishes Tahoe as oneThe pass over Donner Peak in Northern California is known as Donner Summit and has been a critical route across the Sierra Nevada Mountains for centuries. First it was used by Native Americans, then early settlers, and then emigrant wagon trains such as those used by the ill fated Donner Party, in whose honor the region is named. The first transcontinental railroad in the United States and the first transcontinental highway in America both made use of