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The Donner Memorial State Park visitor center contains exhibits about the cultural history of the area, including local Native Americans, the Donner Party, and builders of the First transcontinental railroad. Near the museum is the Pioneer Monument and the Donner Party's Murphy family cabin site.
Paradise was site of the 2018 Camp Fire, California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire, which burned 90,000 acres in its first 24 hours. The Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed more ...
The Park Fire, raging in Butte and Tehama counties, continued to chew through the Northern California wilderness Friday, crossing the 200,000-acre threshold that evening as more than 1,600 ...
On Monday, the Park Fire moved into the sixth spot for the 20 largest wildfires in California History.The Park Fire surpassed the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, which was caused by lightning and ...
The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada .
Fire activity decreased during August, but a long period of extreme heat across the Western United States during early September allowed numerous wildfires across the state to grow rapidly, such as the Line Fire, the Bridge Fire, and the Airport Fire in Southern California. Later in September, fire activity again decreased due to improved fire ...
A wildfire in Southern California has destroyed homes and prompted evacuations in Malibu, the iconic, affluent and mountainous beach community. 'Dangerous situation': Powerful, erratic Santa Ana ...
The Park features the Pioneer Monument - welcoming visitors year round - which was built to commemorate the Donner Party traveling to California from the east in the mid-19th century. The statue itself is positioned 23 feet (7.0 m) high, which is said to be the depth snow reached during the winter of 1846 when the Donner Party failed to make it ...