The party elected George Donner to serve as its leader, and at its peak the Donner party would number some 87 people—29 men, 15 women, and 43 children—in a ...

However, in early July the group of 87 travelers in 23 wagons led by George Donner left the wagon train to follow the Hastings Cutoff to California. A few ...

5 мар. 2010 г. · Led by two wealthy brothers, Jacob and George Donner, the emigrants initially followed the regular California Trail westward to Fort Bridger, ...

5 нояб. 2024 г. · As the story goes, the Donner Party, named so for it's two leaders, Jacob and George Donner, started their journey in Springfield, Illinois on ...

87 pioneers led by George Donner, a well-to-do 62-year-old farmer, set out from Springfield, Illinois, for California.

Donner party, Group of U.S. pioneers stranded en route to California in 1846. More than 80 immigrants led by George and Jacob Donner were trapped by heavy ...

They were eighty-seven men, women and children with twenty wagons led by Jacob Donner and James Reed.

15 дек. 2020 г. · Brothers Jacob Donner (a furniture manufacturer), and George Donner (a farmer), led the 20-wagon party of emigrants. The group also included ...

The Donner Party was a group of pioneer settlers who ventured west in 1846 to search for land and prosperity. Only half of the Donner Party survived because ...