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Daily diary entries about the Donner Party with maps and pictures.
18 sie 1996 · DONNER DESCENDANTS LEAVE FEUDS IN PAST. More than 300 Donner Party descendants revisited the scene of their ancestors' worst terrors Saturday to observe the 150th anniversary of their tragic westward trek.
Donner Party Family History. Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 1m 54s. My List. Two sisters explore family links to the ill-fated Donner party while at St. Louis Union Station. The Donner...
24 gru 2021 · A brutal winter storm descended on them, blocking the pass and trapping the Donner Party near today's Donner Lake. Some families set up camp while others donned makeshift snowshoes to try...
29 kwi 1996 · Descendants named Donner, Breen, Reed and Graves will hold reunions at Donner Lake, where the snowbound pioneers desperately holed up during the deadly winter of 1846-47. Nearly half never left...
5 mar 2010 · The Donner Party was a group of 89 emigrants from Illinois who purportedly turned to cannibalism to survive after getting trapped by snowfall while on a westward journey in 1846.
14 wrz 2024 · Donner party, group of American pioneers stranded en route to California in 1846. The group was named for the expedition’s captain, George Donner. It was widely circulated that members of the party resorted to cannibalism after their food ran out, giving the party its lasting notoriety.
