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

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

It's named for the infamous Donner party tragedy. · It connects the Sacramento Valley to Reno, NV. · It was extremely popular during the Gold Rush of 1849. · The ...

The main pass, Donner Pass, is named for one of the parties of 1846. A combination of bad decisions and poor luck. READ MORE ...

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.

During the winter of 1846–47, George and Jacob Donner lost nearly half of a party of more than 80 immigrants when they tried to cross the pass en route to the ...

14 апр. 2016 г. · A group of nearly 90 emigrants known as the Donner Party left Illinois in the spring of 1846, heading westward to California in covered wagons.

Donner Summit is the site of the first transcontinental railroad, the first transcontinental highway (the Lincoln Highway), the first transcontinental air ...

The Donner Party became stranded on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains by a blizzard near Truckee Lake. This region is now named the Donner Pass.