Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Place: Donner Lake. Pat Heiskell Hillman talks about the memories of Mary DeYoung about her grandmother, Leanna Donner App, who survived the Donner Party Expedition. Mary is in the video and is in her 90's. Mary is the daughter of John Quincy App. For more examples of preserving oral history please visit StoriesRetold.com