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 …

Donner party, group of American pioneers stranded en route to California in 1846. The group was named for the expedition’s captain, George Donner. It was widely circulated that members of …

Mar 5, 2010 · The Donner Party was a group of 89 emigrants from Illinois who purportedly turned to cannibalism to survive after getting trapped by snowfall while on a westward journey in 1846.

Mar 2, 2020 · When the Donner Party got trapped in the Sierra Nevadas in 1846, they turned to cannibalism. Here's what happened to the 40 survivors that made it out alive.

On April 16, 1846, the Donner Party left Springfield, IL on the 2500 mile journey to California, in what would become a great tragedy in westward migration.

Apr 14, 2016 · When a group of nearly 90 emigrants known as the Donner Party left Illinois in the spring of 1846, heading westward to California in covered wagons, they undoubtedly relished …

Feb 19, 2025 · By November 1846—or as early as October 1846, according to some accounts—the Donner-Reed party had reached the Sierra Nevada. But they were quickly …

Donner party, Group of U.S. pioneers stranded en route to California in 1846. More than 80 immigrants led by George and Jacob Donner were trapped by heavy snow in the Sierra …

Feb 19, 2019 · A group of California-bound American emigrants known as the Donner Party, who after becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1847, resorted to cannibalism.

In mid-December a group of fifteen donned makeshift snowshoes and trudged through blizzard conditions in an attempt to break through the pass and into California. Seven (five women and …