Yes, Donner Memorial State Park has an interesting past (most of us know the story of the Donner Party) making its mark in the big migration of settlers coming out west to build a better life, their ...

In May 1846, the nine covered wagons made the slow journey from Springfield, Illinois to Independence, Missouri. The Donner Party would purchase provisions here for their long, arduous journey to ...

In December, 1846, several families led by George Donner found themselves stranded at Truckee Lake (later renamed Donner Lake) in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. There they huddled in makeshift ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Wild West historian Michael Wallis goes into a gruesome piece of that territory’s history with “The Best Land Under Heaven,” ...

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EXCAVATION OF THE DONNERREED WAGONS : HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY ALONG THE HASTINGS CUTOFF BY BRUCE R HAWKINS AND DAVID B MADSEN WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY ANN HANNIBALL ET AL ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRUCE R HAWKINS ...

The Donner Party followed a route recommended by Lansford Hastings in his 1845 book, "The Emigrant's Guide," in which he described a "cutoff" that he claimed was 350 to 400 miles shorter than the ...

Ric Burns wrote, directed and co-produced the film The Donner Party. He describes why the story of the Donner party has had such a lasting resonance, and how it fits into America’s grand fascination ...