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Hastings Cutoff Introduction
The advent in the fall of 1845 by John C. Fremont with his exploring pack party crossing the Great Salt Lake Desert, began a chain of events that led to the opening of the Hastings Cutoff and of emigrants traversing the desolate Great Salt Lake Desert. |
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Pictorial Hastings Cutoff Trail Guide
The first emigrants on Hastings Cutoff used several different trails when they crossed the Salt Lake Valley. These emigrants include the Bryant/Russell Party, the Harlan/Young wagon party, the Lienhard Party, the Donner/Reed Party, and the Mormons. |
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Hastings Cutoff Slide Show
The Hastings Cutoff slide show is a set of 163 pictures with captions by Roy D. Tea. |
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The Great Salt Lake Desert
This account by Roy D. Tea takes a look at the roll the Great Salt Lake Desert had with the pioneer emigrants that crossed it. It covers the early emigrants through the 1850 emigrant parties. |
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Hastings Cutoff Trail Guide Text Only
This is a text only version of the Pictorial Hastings Cutoff Trail Guide. |
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Emigrants' Guide to Oregon and California
The Emigrants' Guide to Oregon and California was published by Lansford Hastings in 1845. The guide was more of a commercial venture and not a real trail guide. In it Hastings describes a 'Cutoff' through the salt desert, later taken by the Donner Party resulting in disaster. |
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The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate
This was written by Eliza P. Donner Houghton and published in 1911. |