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Mar 2, 2020 · Patty Reed was one of the youngest survivors of the Donner Party, a group of emigrants who faced starvation and cannibalism in 1846. She wrote a letter to her cousin in 1847, describing the horrors of their ordeal and the fate of her family.
The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Apr 2, 2013 · In a moment of childhood defiance, eight-year-old Patty Reed stowed away this little dollhouse doll in her voluminous skirts and smuggled her to California. The Reed family were heading to...
Jul 13, 2022 · Learn about the history and significance of Patty Reed's doll, a tiny figure that accompanied her through the ordeal of the Donner Party in 1846-1847. Find out how she was given, hidden, and donated this doll to Sutter's Fort State Historic Park.
But some survived, including eight-year-old Patty Reed, a girl filled with dignity and determination in the face of mortal danger. This is her story, as told by Dolly, the wooden doll she kept hidden in her dress.
Oct 28, 1992 · When the first relief party left the lake, eight-year-old Patty Reed volunteered to stay behind to care for her three-year-old brother Thomas, who was too small to walk through the huge...
Dec 11, 2017 · Patty Reed's doll : the story of the Donner party by Laurgaard, Rachel K. (Rachel Kelley); Michaels, Elizabeth Sykes, illustrator
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