The First Relief Reaches the Donner Party
On February 19, 1847, the first rescue party reached the starving Donner Party survivors trapped at Truckee Lake in the Sierra Nevada.
Tales from the year 1847
"This Is the Right Place": The Pioneers Reach Salt Lake
On July 24, 1847, an ailing Brigham Young looked out over the Salt Lake Valley from a wagon and declared 'This is the right place. Drive on.' — ending an exile and beginning a city.