drennans

Updated: May 3, 2025

The combination train was further divided, each party shaping its farther course according to the location of its final stop. The Drennans took the Carson Route, the Maxwell train proceeding by the more northerly, Truckee, trail.

Wm. Audley (William Audley) Maxwell - Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 : A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method