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An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party's Alder Creek Camp, University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-4210-4; Hardesty, Donald (1997). The Archaeology of the Donner Party, University of Nevada Press. ISBN 0-87417-290-X; Johnson, Kristin (ed.) (1996). Unfortunate Emigrants: Narratives of the Donner Party.
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]
Here those emigrants who have decided to take Hastings's route form a new company and elect George Donner captain, thus creating the Donner Party. July 20, 1846: The Donner Party separates from the other wagon trains and takes the left-hand road to Fort Bridger. July 27, 1846: The Donner Party arrives at Fort Bridger, the corral and two cabins ...
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 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.
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 ...
[12] Approximately thirty-three women, twenty of whom served as laundresses, and fifty-one children accompanied the men. [4] Five women would eventually complete the cross-continental trek. [ 13 ] The Mormon Battalion was mustered into volunteer service on July 16, 1846, as part of the Army of the West under Brigadier General Stephen Kearny, a ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...