The Dawson Party N MAY 12, 1841, a little emigrant party of sixty- nine, among whom were john Bidwell and Josiah Beldon, two eminent California pio- neers, left the little town of Sapling Grove, near Kan- sas City, Missouri. The leadership of John Bartleson proved short-lived and the little band was forced to guide itself across the plains after his desertion in Utah. Thus weakened in numbers, the remainder of the group pressed on across the desert to the foot of the Sierra Ne- vadas. Unable to find a pass they were forced to dis- mantle their equipment and move forward on foot. A member of the party, Nancy A. Kelsey, walked bare- footed over the crags of the Sonora Pass carrying her two-year old baby and leading her horse. Weary and footsore the little party eventuall'y reached the head- waters of the Stanislaus River and followed its canyon down past a redwood grove, now probably known as the Calaveras Big Trees, into the main valley of Cali- fornia. They reached the ranch of Dr. Marsh on No- vember 4, l84l, little realizing that they had arrived in California, the land of their quest. This was the first emigrant party to come across the mainland to the Paci- fic Coast. -'6l4l9e-
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