Where did the wagon train party fall short? Back when I was in high school, a group of us loved to go winter camping out in the middle of nowhere....
The Donner Business
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A Remarkable Person
Tamsen Donner—accomplished and faithful to the end. Tamsen Donner has been shoved to the rear of history—mainly because her husband, George, was the...
It Worked out for the Best
James Reed was exiled from the Donner Party. James Reed was one of the leaders of the ill-fated Donner Party in 1846. But he avoided their fate in...
A Name that Lives in Infamy
The leader of the Donner Party faced a tough end. George Donner had the great misfortune of leading the wagon train that bears his name. In 1846, he...
The Salt Lake Cutoff
Most are familiar with the story of the ill-fated Donner Party in the winter of 1846 and 1847. Twenty wagons of emigrants bound for California chose...
Motorized Posses, Deadly Dry-gulchers And Indian Tobacco
Who was the first sheriff to pursue outlaws in a motorized vehicle? Why’d the women of the Donner Party fare better than the men? And more!
The Donner Party Disaster The tragedy that befell the Donner Party in 1846 outranks them all ...
I don't know if anyone recorded the number of dishonest wagon masters, but in the hundreds of wagon trains heading to Oregon or California there...