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Map showing the locations of the winter encampment at Truckee Lake where most of the Donner Party were trapped during the winter of 1846-1847, and its proximity to Alder Creek, where the Donner families stayed: Date: 2010: Source: en:File:Map of Truckee Lake and Alder Creek.png, an amalgamation of two sources: Johnson, Kristin (ed.)(1996 ...
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.
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 .
Both the lake and the pass were named after the ill-fated Donner Party, [when?] which wintered involuntarily near the lake in 1846. Donner Memorial State Park was established in 1928; it is not clear when the name of the lake was changed from Truckee to Donner. The state park is on the east end of the lake and provides campsites with access to ...
English: Donner Hill at the mouth of Emigration Canyon in Salt Lake City, Utah. Condominium complexes are visible at the top of Donner Hill; AT&T's "Salt Lake City Junction" microwave tower can also be seen. In 1846, the Donner–Reed Party climbed Donner Hill to avoid the heavily overgrown stream area at the canyon's mouth.
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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.
The railroad originally traversed the steep north cliffs of the peak via tunnels and snow sheds before the 10,322-foot-long (3,146 m) Tunnel #41 running under Mount Judah and Donner Peak was opened in 1925. The peak, pass, and lake are named for the ill-fated Donner Party who spent the winter of 1846–1847 snowbound at the east end of Donner ...