Path of the Donner party from Springfield to independence

For tomorrow’s trip, the recommended historical line is:

Independence → Lake City area → Buckner → Napoleon/Wellington → Lexington → Richmond → Carrollton → De Witt → Brunswick → Keytesville → Salisbury area → Huntsville → Moberly area → Paris → Monroe City area → Palmyra → West Quincy/Quincy → Naples → Exeter → Jacksonville → New Berlin → Springfield.

The intermediate modern waypoints—Bruckner, Salisbury, Moberly, and Monroe City—help with navigation but should not be represented as Donner-era towns. Bruckner should be treated as a modern navigation label if that is the intended spelling; the historically documented Missouri town is Buckner. Quincy is the preferred crossing model; Hannibal is an optional alternative hypothesis.

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