Sacramento History Museum - September 26, 1846 On this day in 1846, The Donner Party reached the end Hastings Cutoff and rejoined the California Trail about seven miles west of present-day Elko,
![The Donner Party Route on Google Maps, if anyone is curious. The highlighted blue part is the "shortcut". : r/LPOTL The Donner Party Route on Google Maps, if anyone is curious. The highlighted blue part is the "shortcut". : r/LPOTL](https://external-preview.redd.it/uNfoXiP9QlLvgC5MFGKgKKXrZKb2UZGsa_PXsB5InjQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=9c3b1d454d9f75e9dccf09c78dce6caee735f47a)
The Donner Party Route on Google Maps, if anyone is curious. The highlighted blue part is the "shortcut". : r/LPOTL
![The Hastings Cutoff and Highway 80 Tragedy of the Donner Party - Back in Time - General Highway History - Highway History - Federal Highway Administration The Hastings Cutoff and Highway 80 Tragedy of the Donner Party - Back in Time - General Highway History - Highway History - Federal Highway Administration](https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/images/back0104a.gif)