This website was created on August 29, 1997, and was last edited on November 5, 2006.
The most recent changes, which may have been minor, are listed on the Updates page Please note: This website is based on the assumption that the reader is already familiar with the Donner Party story. - Website highlights
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Revised Myths and Mysteries page. - Alder Creek report in Donner Party Bulletin No. 15
Full text of What I Saw in California by Edwin Bryant
Full texts of Miller-Reed Patrick Breen First Relief, Second Relief ... Fourth Relief diaries.
Introduction At the beginning of November 1846 a group of California-bound emigrants was trapped by snow in the Sierra Nevada. By the time the last member reached safety six months later, nearly half of the 81 men, women, and children had died of cold and starvation. Many of those who survived had resorted to cannibalism.
The story of the Donner Party is one of the most fascinating in the history of the American West. The saga of how a group of ordinary people struggled almost to their journey | |
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