<i>"American Experience"</i> is arguably one of the best programs on American television - certainly one of the best that PBS shows. <BR><BR>.....<BR><BR>I just got done watching <i>"The Donner ...
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 ...
The Donner Party is one of the most famous events in American history. The grisly story of a group of west-seeking settlers ...
Revolutionary War spy, Nathan Hale, tells a hangman and British officer the story of the Donner Party, a doomed wagon train traveling from Illinois to California in 1846 "The Donner Party expedition ...
On Dec. 26, 1846, some members of the ill-fated Donner Party are believed to have turned to cannibalism in order to survive during a Sierra Nevada snowstorm. The information below originally appeared ...