Donner Party
Donner Party ... For other uses, see Donner Party (disambiguation). The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers ...
Donner party | History, Facts, & Survivors - Britannica
Donner party, group of American pioneers stranded en route to California in 1846. The group was named for the expedition's captain, ...
10 Things You Should Know About the Donner Party | HISTORY
A group of nearly 90 emigrants known as the Donner Party left Illinois in the spring of 1846, heading westward to California in covered wagons.
The Hastings Cutoff and Highway 80 Tragedy of the Donner Party
In June of that year the wagon train had reached Fort Laramie, Wyoming. It is there that the Reed, Donner and other families decided to take the Hastings Cutoff ...
Donner Party, Railroad & Early Settlers - Visit Truckee-Tahoe
History of the Donner Party, construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, and early settlers to Truckee.
Donner Memorial State Park - California State Parks - CA.gov
... Donner Party, and builders of the transcontinental railroad. Visitors can expect to spend about one hour exploring exhibits. Postcards, posters, maps, and ...
Beyond Cannibalism: The True Story of the Donner Party
The story of the Donner Party beyond mere sensationalism to reveal uncomfortable truths about America, then and now.
Donner and Reed Wagon Train Incident - National Park Service
Led by George Donner, a 65-year-old farmer, and James Reed, a neighbor of Donner's, the Donner-Reed party consisted of 87 men, women and children.
Map of the Donner Party Route | American Experience - PBS
Map of the Donner Party Route · 1. Springfield, Illinois April 16, 1846 · 2. Independence, Missouri May 10 - May 12, 1846 · 3. Fort Laramie, Wyoming July 3 - ...
The Case for Cannibalism, or: How to Survive the Donner Party
The Case for Cannibalism, or: How to Survive the Donner Party. Don't be a young, healthy, single man. That's our first piece of advice.
The Donner Party - Utah History to Go
A large, well equipped wagon train rolled toward California in 1846. It crossed the plains without difficulty, but as it neared Fort Bridger a dispute arose.
The monthly logs on this site contain the words of the participants from their diaries, letters and first-hand accounts, supplemented with information from ...
The Donner Party - Digital History
87 pioneers led by George Donner, a well-to-do 62-year-old farmer, set out from Springfield, Illinois, for California.
History of the Donner Party | Stanford University Press
Originally published in 1880, McGlashan's History of the Donner Party remains in steady demand as an authoritative account of the tragic episode.
The Donner Party and the Rhetoric of Western Expansion
The Donner Party becomes “a symbol of America's westward expansion”13; moreover, the famous monument standing at Donner Lake is not a commemoration of the ...
Researcher's Guide to Sutter's Fort's Collections of Donner Party ...
Patty Reed Lewis died July 4, 1923 in Santa Cruz, leaving her collection of Donner Party material to her daughter Margaret with instructions that it be donated.
Endless Winter: A Fresh Look at the Donner Party Saga | KQED
The Donner Party, who came from the midwest and walked over these mountains in the 1800s, on their way to make new lives in California.
What Was the Donner Party? by Ben Hubbard, Who HQ
Learn about the treacherous journey across the Sierra Nevada mountain range that isolated and trapped a group of pioneers heading to California...
The strange, sad and influential lives of the Donner Party survivors
The rescue party left Sutter's Fort on Jan. 31, 1847, and found the survivors at Donner Lake on Feb. 18. Forty-six starving, half-dead people made it out alive.
7 Facts You Didn't Know About The Donner-Reed Party | California ...
We've put together seven interesting facts you may not know about the Donner-Reed party. We hope it paints a broader picture of this ill-fated group.