American Experience

Name: American Experience
Genre: Biography, Documentary, History
Released: 1992-10-28
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 8.2

A group of settlers embarked on a perilous journey from Springfield, Illinois to California in 1846, led by the dubious advice of Lansford Hastings' influential guidebook.

A large wagon train left Springfield, Illinois for California in 1846. The Donner Party, following Lansford Hastings' advice, took a previously untested "shortcut" across the Great Basin, arriving at the Sierra Nevada weeks behind schedule and short on food.

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