Western Blue Genes clan to gather at Donner Pass - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - However, 'Leaders of the wagon train made a bad decision to cut off 300 miles on the Oregon Trail and took a new, little-known route. ... 'Thirty-seven people out the original party of 85 who reached the pass died of hunger, cold, accidents or disease.