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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Reed led a party out but a severe blizzard trapped them at the top of Donner Pass for two days, during which time they ran out of food. By the time the storm had passed, most were too weak to continue. Reed departed with his children but had to leave the others behind. A few days later, however, another party rescued them. [citation needed]
Donner party statue at Donner Memorial State Park in Truckee, Calif. Out of the 87 stranded in the Sierras, 48 survived. None of them killed themselves in the aftermath, Osborn notes.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 November 2024. American explorer (1819–1870) Lansford Hastings Born Lansford Warren Hastings 1819 (1819) Mount Vernon, Ohio Died 1870 (1871) (aged 51) St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Occupation(s) lawyer, writer and adventurer Known for developer of the Hastings Cutoff Spouse Charlotte Toler Lansford ...
The Donner Party. Children choosing who dies to suck the marrow from the bones of their parents. Randomizing flesh so that parents wouldn't know that they were eating their own children.