The railroad lost uncounted men to snow ... Seven of them clustered in a two-mile stretch east of Donner Summit. Black powder was expensive, and its preparation labor-intensive, requiring men ...

Summit Camp is located along Donner Pass Road ... this was the largest and longest-occupied Chinese railroad construction camp, which was focused on blasting and building tunnels through the ...

Theodore Judah and the American railroad matured together ... Looking east from the summit named for the ill-fated Donner Party, Judah knew he had found his answer. Whereas most of the Sierra ...