This photo provided by the Utah State Historical Society shows DonnerParty survivors, James F ... This photo provided by the Utah State Historical Society shows Donner Party survivors, James F ... Party.
James and Margaret Reed, co-sponsors of the DonnerParty... The Donner Party came on Humboldt River in Nevada, 1846 ... The Donner Party went from burning desert to frozen wilderness, from fire to ice ... Instead, they banished Reed from the Donner Party.
The DonnerParty came to California 177 years ago. The ill-fated company of immigrants got stuck in a heavy, early December snow at the eastern end of Donner Lake below the imposing Donner Summit....