RENO, Nev. - They ate the family dog, but the latest research into the Donner Party found no conclusive evidence of cannibalism by the Donner family at a Sierra Nevada campsite where several of the ...

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 ...

Of all the terrible stories in the world, few can match the dismal, unthinkable suffering borne by the Donner Party — the infamous snowbound settlers reduced to eating ox hide, shoelaces and finally ...

The story of the Donner Party, as it’s been told for well over a century, is like the Xbox version of The Oregon Trail. The pioneers set out in 1846 headed west in a wagon, bound for the Cali sun, but ...

RENO, Nev. — They ate the family dog, but the latest research into the Donner Party found no conclusive evidence of cannibalism by the Donner family at a Sierra Nevada campsite where several of the ...

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 ...

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