Escape From Death Valley is the story of an ill-fated wagon train rushing to the California gold fields in 1849. Urged on by a catastrophically flawed map they take a short-cut across what was then known only as “the Great American Desert.” After two months of wandering they hit a dead-end - a valley of endless salt walled in by mountains two miles high!
Trapped. No food, no water, no way out. They elect two men to escape, get help and rescue them before they starve to death.
William Manly and John Rogers thought it would take them a week. It turned into a month. The march, trudging through some of the most punishing landscapes on earth, days without water, almost killed them. And then, in a desperate attempt to save their friends they turned around and went back - not knowing if anyone would still be alive when they got there.
What follows is one the most unforgettable – and terrible rescues in American Pioneer history... but against impossible odds they all survive.
Help bring William Manly and John Rogers' story out of the desert- help bring Escape From Death Valley to national audiences today!