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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: July 5, 2019
Caption: James Reed, wife Margaret and daughter Patty
Additional Description: These two photographs are from Sutter's Fort State Historic Park, Sacramento, California. Its captions read:

James Reed was banished from the wagon train after he killed a man in a fight. When he reached Sutter's fort, he realized the rest of the travelers must be snowbound in the Sierra. He was determined to return eastward to rescue his wife Margaret, pictured with him here, and their children. He went with the first rescue party sent out by Sutter in November. They were driven back by a blizzard. Reed went with another expedition in February, and was able to get through, bringing out many survivors. Mrs. Reed and the couple's four children were among them.

Patty Reed as a teenager, c. 1855
Submitted: August 7, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p487111
File Size: 2.069 Megabytes

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