America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 34 · Mountain Passes and Wagon Roads · Page 54 in print
Donner Pass
The 1844 Stephens-Townsend-Murphy party brought wagons through Donner Pass, but left six of its eleven wagons at Donner Lake for the winter.
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Central Valley
California destination beyond the pass.
Chinese Crews
Laborers who built the railroad crossing.
Donner Lake
Lake at the eastern approach to the pass.
Donner Pass
Historic wagon and later rail crossing.
Dutch Flat
Western town on the wagon road.
Granite
Rock tunneled through near Donner Pass.
Ice Industry
Regional trade stimulated by the railroad.
Logging
Timber industry stimulated by the railroad.
Reno
Eastern rail connection beyond Truckee.
Road Grade
Engineered slope climbing the eastern face.
Theodore Judah
Engineer who surveyed the pass for a railroad.
Toll Stations
Places collecting charges on the road.
Truckee River
River followed on the approach to Donner Pass.
Tunneling
Excavation needed for the railway crossing.
Wayside Inns
Lodgings beside the 1864 road.