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| Margret Reed explains to her daughter Virginia what she must do when Margret dies. It is the most difficult thing she has ever done but she knows she must make Virginia promise that she will do this. |
CD: Forlorn Hope-the Donner Party musical
Credits: Music & Lyrics: Michael Bitterman Singer: Danielle Woerner |
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Lansford Hastings was a very egotisitical man who traveled a part of the Oregon trail to California. He wrote a book about this new route to California and was trying to ‘hawk’ his book to the new emigrants moving out west for free land. The route he wrote of is the one that got the Donner party trapped at the foot of the Sierra mountains. He didn’t go on his route in the winter months, and this, partly is the reason he was blamed for the downfall of the party. James Reed was impressed that Hasting’s was the only one that actually wrote a book, so he decided to take his route. Here, Lansford is hawking his book to the crowd in Springfield. |
CD: Forlorn Hope-the Donner Party Musical
Credits: Music & Lyrics: Michael Bitterman Singer: Pat Bottino |
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| Virginia Reed watches her pony, Billy, get smaller and smaller as her wagon train pulls away leaving Billy left to die. She recalls her love for Billy and how Billy will always stay in her heart. |
CD: Forlorn Hope-The Donner Party Musical
Credits: Music & Lyrics: Michael Bitterman Singer: Lia Sumerano |
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