Loading the Wagon - Hands on History at Home

By the mid-1840s, Sutter's Fort was the destination for hundreds of American immigrants traveling to California by wagon on the overland trail, such as the Donner Party. In this video, Ryan and Jared discuss our pioneer wagon, and explore the hardships and struggles of the overland journey to California. Ryan also demonstrates how you can recreate the experience of trying to pack a wagon at home! If you decide to take on the wagon-loading challenge, let us know how it went in the comments below!
Sutter's Fort State Historic Park is a California State Park located in the heart of Sacramento, California.

[@rvvanlife]

Fascinating, thank you so much 👍

[@axerxes3981]

Excellent, excellent, excellent!! Nice to see that some of our State's budget hadn't been waisted!! BTW... where did the fresh milk come from every day?? Did some families really bring a cow along with them? Thanks for sharing.... Ax

[@a916LEX]

I love these videos so much! Thank you for sharing with us.

[@blackmary7686]

interesting video, I love the information about this important and historic time, thank you very much

[@Me.love.]

Amazing i love your video what
Will pioneers do whenever
You hit water and do the wagons
Do flot and can i have a reply
From people or you

[@gerardfenn3988]

Only a very few wagons came with the very expensive blow up inflatable life preservers that enabled the wagon to just float all the way down the Columbia river.

[@vosifle]

What about tools?!?