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This was the start of the Oregon trail. And It had started here in Springfield Illinois it was the start on the way to the west.

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James Clyman warned the Donner Party to not take Hastings Cutoff but the Donner Party did not take his advice and took Hastings Cutoff anyways.

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It was July 18 1846 it was where the group split apart and that's where the group never saw each other again.

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Where they were expected to meet the Hastings he had left a note a week earlier to help then find a better route for them to go July 24-31 1846.

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It was where James Reed killed John snider and the group voted James Reed out. Date is October 2-18 1846.

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Where the Donner Party traveled in the desert with sand bubbling hot and sand Storm's so bad that it was suffocating their oxen ts

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Where they found the note left a note by Hastings, one of the members of the group left alone to meet Hastings and ask if he could just join the group to make it easier but Hastings refused. august 4-5.