George Donner, along with 24 other Donner Party members, were trapped by a snowstorm at Alder Creek Valley near Truckee in late 1846. Only 11 of them survived; George Donner himself died of ...

George Donner, along with 24 other Donner Party members, were trapped by a snowstorm at Alder Creek Valley near Truckee in late 1846. Only 11 of them survived; George Donner himself died of ...

RENO, Nev. - A pair of backcountry endurance athletes who became obsessed with the Donner Party spent the last seven years researching and exploring the Sierra on foot to try to pinpoint the final ...

Their initial release said Robbins’ research “finds there is no evidence of cannibalism among the 84 members of the Donner Party who were trapped by a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada mountains ...

As it happened, Lovina survived the Donner Party. She was a little girl when her family was among that doomed westward party in 1846. They were trapped by snow in the Sierra Nevada, and what ...

A pair of backcountry endurance athletes who became obsessed with the Donner Party spent the last seven years researching and exploring the Sierra on foot to try to pinpoint the final 90-mile ...