On Oct. 5, 1846, John Snyder was angry that James Reed’s slow-moving heavy wagon was keeping the Donner Party from making ...

Back in May 1891, Truckee was abuzz with treasure fever. While on a fishing excursion near Donner Lake, Edward Reynolds uncovered a cache of coins near the shore, claiming that they had been buried by ...

In 1846, at Green River, Wyoming, Capt. Charles Imus of Santa Cruz was being lectured on why he was a fool not to take the ...

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 ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 19, 1847, the first rescuers reached members of the Donner Party, who had been snowbound in the Sierra Nevada ...

Yes, Donner Memorial State Park has an interesting past (most of us know the story of the Donner Party) making its mark in the big migration of settlers coming out west to build a better life, their ...

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 ...

WHEATLAND, California (KOVR) — The historical society in Wheatland is making a push to preserve a little-known wagon trail that marked the end of the Donner Party. California’s early history is on ...

In December, 1846, several families led by George Donner found themselves stranded at Truckee Lake (later renamed Donner Lake) in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. There they huddled in makeshift ...