On Dec. 26, 1846, some members of the ill-fated Donner Party are believed to have turned to cannibalism in order to survive ...

The Donner Party memorial in Truckee, Nevada county, CA. A few miles north of Lake Tahoe. 2012, Library of Congress. Objectives: Students will examine how for many, the Donner Party’s story ...

I have always been intrigued by Calistoga history, so on a gloomy afternoon, I was strolling through the Pioneer Cemetery. As I walked among the worn headstones, one caught my attention: it was ...

From November 20, 1846 to March 1, 1847, Irish immigrant Patrick Breen, a Donner party member, kept a diary of his ordeal in the mountains. Clinging to survival with his wife Margaret and their ...

According to Condon the story is inspired by the gruesome real life tale of the Donner Party – a group of American pioneers who became snowbound in 1846–1847, with some resorting to ...

Here, you'll find a great stone pedestal commemorating the Donner Party, the legendary pioneers who fell victim to the harsh Sierra Nevada winter of 1846 to 1847. The party (originally consisting ...

No, he doesn’t want to join the Donner Party. Researchers may soon be able to manufacture meat from cell lines in the lab, and Dawkins has suggested in a tweet that we could “overcome our ...