An evening with Greg Palmer

An Evening with Greg Palmer

The Lost Party — Stephens Townsend Murphy  

THE FIRST WAGONS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA

Greg Palmer will talk about the saga of the Stephens Townsend Murphy Party of 1844.

Greg Palmer has years of experience guiding youngsters and history buffs alike in area history. He currently is a docent at Thunderbird Lodge and Donner Memorial State Park. Greg will delight audiences with his gift of story telling. The lost party is a story of the first wagons that came over the Sierra Nevada. The participants became the core of California development. This small wagon party made up of men, women and children became the first pioneers to successfully take their wagons over the first practical wagon route to California.