Emigration Canyon, Utah
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Emigration Canyon is a city and canyon in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, located east of Salt Lake City in the Wasatch Range. Beginning at the southern end of the University of Utah, the canyo
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Hastings Cutoff
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The Hastings Cutoff was an alternative route for westward emigrants to travel to California, as proposed by Lansford Hastings in The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California. The ill-fated Donner Par
Emigration Canyon, Utah
…the 19th century. Emigration Canyon was significant in early Utah history as the original route used by pioneers entering the area. It was part of the Hastings Cutoff route used by the Donner Party in 1846 (not affiliated with the Mormon pioneers) and where the Mormon pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847…
Hastings Cutoff marker near Pilot Peak