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 ...
“There’s so much more to the Donner Story than what we learn in fifth grade history — and I’m not just talking about the cannibalism,” said Leslie Scatchard, author and performer of the one-woman show ...
Capital Books Press publishes two landmark survivor accounts for the 180th anniversary of America’s most haunting pioneer disaster 80 years after one of America’s most devastating pioneer tragedies, ...