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3 Jul 2004 Dave Beedon

Gate 74 of the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR)

Floating Island Mud Flats, Utah

All tire tracks led here: Gate 74 of the Air Force's Bombing and Gunnery Range (also known as
the "Utah Test and Training Range"). This point is very close to the Hastings Cut-off, the
route taken across the salt flats by the Donner-Reed wagon train party. It must have been
hell for those people to cross this landscape with narrow-wheeled wagons. This view is to the northeast.


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Jason Anderson25-May-2007 21:49
In fact, wasn't it after this leg of the journey that George Donner uttered his famous quote, "Folks, the worst is behind us -- on to the Sierra!"?
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