ep195 The Donner Party Treasure

Warrior of the Woodland struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, biting the many enemies of nature. This is the job of the guardian of the forest, Ranger Bill, pouring rain, freezing cones, blistering heat, no floods, bears, rutticic mountain lions, yes, all this, and it's changed for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done.

Hi there, boys and girls. You know, in the course of a year's work, a forest ranger's apt to get a lot of odd and unusual assignments, and one of the most unusual is what I'm going to tell you about today.

It has to do with an almost forgotten chapter of American history, a true story of bravery and sacrifice, and yet in part so dreadful that even now, over a hundred years later, people still don't like to think about it, and yet it really happened to real people, a group of pioneers known as the Donner Party, who crossed our part of the West way back in 1846.

One man thought he could find out, and that's where today's story begins. It's the Donner Party treasure. Look out there. You've got the tree almost chopped through. I know. Here she comes. Oh, now we'll investigate this one.

Well, nothing. Nothing. It's in one of these. I know it is. Mr. D. Long, we've been out here in Warstance Mountains two weeks now. Walk, walk, walk. You point out tree, you say chop down and I chop down.

You look in top of the tree, then we walk, walk, walk. You find another tree, then you say chop down. I'm paying you to chop down trees not to talk. But I gotta write you know how hard...