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| I took the following photos summer of 2003. The Murphy
Family traveled
from what is today Reno, Nevada, along the Truckee River. Near the
eastern
shore of todays Donner Lake, they used the boulder above for one side
of
their make shift cabin. The huge boulder allowed them to build a
fireplace and to provide insulation. Today this boulder has a bronze
plaque
in it with all the names of the Donner Party.....Jane Colmenares |
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| DONNER
LAKE - |
| DONNER
LAKE - covered train tracks |
| Path to MURPHY
Cabin |
| Donner Party PLAQUE |
| Donner Party Plaque - MURPHY
family noted with red * |
| Murphy Family Cabin - FRONT
view |
| Murphy Family Cabin - LEFT
view |
| Murphy Family Cabin - RIGHT
view |
| Lavinah MURPHY'S
lavender flowers |
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| MONUMENT
to imigrants - 22 ft high snow mark |
| CABIN
SITE built before the Donner Party and used by one Donner
Party
family |
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| SNOW
- Still around the Murphy Cabin April of 2002 |
| Icey STREAM
near the Murphy Cabin April of 2002 |
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| Tombstone of Sarah MURPHY
FOSTER - Ft. Bragg, California |
| Tombstone plaque of Sarah MURPHY
FOSTER - Ft. Bragg, California |
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| NEW - Beautiful
Old Photo of MARY
MURPHY COVILLAUD & husband, Charles Julian Covillaud,
with
2 of their children. Photo courtesy of Charlotte Couillaud of France
and
the Couillaud family. Thank you, Charlotte! |