FORLORN HOPE A HAUNTED HISTORY OF THE DONNER PARTY BY TROY TAYLOR In prosecuting this journey, warned an 1849 guidebook to the West, the emigrant should never forget that it is one in which time is everything.
It was the best advice that any settler going West was given during the days of the wagon trains to California.
The clock ticked with each passing mile, sounding an alarm that meant success for most but doom for an unlucky few - like the Donner Party.
