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. Donner Lake · Donner Pass · Tamsen Donner · Donner Party (disambiguation)

Donner party, group of American pioneers stranded en route to California in 1846. The group was named for the expedition's captain, George Donner.

23 мая 2022 г. · The first toll road along the north shore of Donner Lake was established in 1857. By the early 1860s, Central Pacific Railroad was investing ...

Human habitation at Donner Lake has been ongoing since the Middle Archaic Period (approximately 4500 BCE). The first regular visitors were nomadic tribes such ...

Donner Pass, Donner Lake, and Donner Memorial State Park are named in honor of these pioneers. ago as sand and gravel in a shallow sea. About 100 million years ...

On April 15,1846, the families of James Reed and George and Jacob Donner departed from Springfield, Illinois to start a new life in California.

In 1924, the Pacific Fruit Express, successor to the Donner Ice Company, gave 10 acres at the east end of Donner Lake to the Native Sons of the Golden West, ...

23 февр. 2024 г. · Donner Lake holds a significant place in American history, most famously associated with the ill-fated Donner Party in the winter of 1846-47.

23 авг. 2023 г. · The hike started in 1992 shortly before the vote to change Truckee to the 'Town of Truckee' and is still going strong. DPH combines two passions ...