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You can read what happened to the members of the Donner Party, those who survived and those who didn’t. You can read about the salvage operations, and the remains of the Alder Creek campsites and the Lake Cabins.
18 sie 1996 · The post now is held by Peter Breen, great-great grandson of Donner Party member Patrick Breen. The Breen and Graves families held reunions in conjunction with the event. Family historians praised their ancestors during programs, calling them heroes for their courage.
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.
24 gru 2021 · Known as the Donner Party, led by George Donner and James F. Reed, they were victims of bad luck and bad leadership. Their biggest mistake was taking a new "shortcut" called the Hastings...
3 kwi 2013 · Discover Donner Party Artifacts in Truckee, California: Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.
8 mar 2021 · The original Forlorn Hope members had set out from the larger Donner Party—a group of emigrants traveling from the Midwest to California by covered wagon across rugged terrain—in a...
22 lut 2023 · TULARE – After almost two hundred years, a local Tularian and descendant of the migrants from the Donner party, will be telling the story of the Donner family at the Tulare Public Library. Presented for the benefit of the Sequoia Genealogical Society, Pat Hillman, will take center stage.
