Lee Bergthold and Tina Bowers start up the Overland Pass road, above. We trekked 5 days down the Ruby Valley - same as the Donner Party, according to James Frazier Reed. He estimated they had come 384 miles from Ft. Bridger, WY. Their party camped about 10 miles below Cave Creek before turning west on the pass. This and Harrison Pass were not named then. Bald Mt. (9503ft) is south of the HCO, right.
Hastings Cutoff - Overland Pass
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