"Dr. Kelly J. Dixon" is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Montana and a member of the College of Arts And Sciences at UM. Her main area of work is the American West, and she is perhaps best known for her work with the Donner Party site, as well as research into Western saloon/saloons in Virginia City, Nevada.

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They did have a family dog.

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It has been an oversimplified tale.

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Most of what we're finding (is) smaller than a dime. We're trying to say something deep and meaningful from a site that's relatively obscure.

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I think this has the potential to revise the way people look at the Donner Party.

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