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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 .
The Donner Party is a 1992 documentary film that traces the history of the Donner Party, an ill-fated pioneer group that trekked from Springfield, Illinois to Sutter's Fort, California - a disastrous journey of 2500 miles made famous by the tales of cannibalism the survivors told upon reaching their destination.
Tamsen Eustis Dozier Donner (November 1, 1801 – March 1847) was an American pioneer, most notable for her key role as a member of the infamous Donner Party.Donner was described as having been "a little woman" [1] and "a good shot with a pistol". [2]
The Kesebergs, consisting of Lewis (32), his wife Philippine (23) and their daughter Ada (3), joined the Donner Party with two wagons.They were accompanied by teamsters Karl "Dutch Charley" Burger (30) and a Belgian man whose forename is unknown, Hardkoop (60), [4] [9] and further joined by their associates Joseph Reinhardt (30) and Augustus Spitzer (30), and merchant Jacob Karl Wolfinger (26 ...
A pair of backcountry endurance athletes who became obsessed with the Donner Party spent the last seven years researching and exploring the Sierra on foot to try to pinpoint the final 90-mile (145 ...
Daniel Rhoads (December 7, 1821, Paris, Illinois – December 4, 1895, San Francisco [1]) was an American pioneer and rancher who helped rescue the Donner Party. He was born in Edgar County, Illinois, and is of English heritage. His grandfather, also named Daniel, served under George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.
Raleigh writer Alice Osborn has released a CD inspired entirely by the Donner Party’s journey, each of its 13 songs narrated by a real-life character. She called her collection “Skirts in the ...
The end of each entry in Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” gave me a sense of dread. Reading the entire classic book for the first time this year, I saw a teenager struggling for optimism ...