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Snow Mountain Passage

Farewell to Manzanar
(with Jeanne Wakatusi Houston)

THE LITERATURE OF CALIFORNIA, Vol. One, Editor (with Jack Hicks, Maxine Hong Kingston, Al Young)
THE LAST PARADISE: A Novel
IN THE RING OF FIRE: A Pacific Basin Journey
CONTINENTAL DRIFT: A Novel
THE MEN IN MY LIFE: And Other More or Less True Recollections of Kinship
CALIFORNIANS: Searching for the Golden State

A chronology of the Donner Party events

Jim Houston on Jim Reed

Donner Memorial State Park site

Photos of plaques and stuff at Donner Memorial

Photos of Sutters Fort

Virtual tour of California Trail

Virtual tour of Donner Creek to Donner Summit

PBS special on Donner Party

Link for middle school / high school students


IMAGES OF SNOW MOUNTAIN PASSAGE This is James Frazier Reed (1800-1874), co-organizer of the Donner Party out of Springfield, Illinois, as he looked in his late 50s, some ten years after arriving in California. Click on any of the tiles above to see the full-size image along with James Houston's commentary. MAPS FROM SNOW MOUNTAIN PASSAGE (These are large images and may take a long time to download.) 1. Map of the United States. 2. Map of first half of the trip of the Donner Party. 3. Map of second half of the trip of the Donner Party.