The Donner party wanted to make a big fortune in California which was prosperous back then; it also encouraged by a route that was 350-400 mile shorter, but this route was not tested.
Some of them eat other people in the party.
They were trying to reach Sutter's Fort (known for the famous 1848 gold discovery by John Marshall). Sutter's Fort sits in the town of Coloma, California.
becus thay wanted a beter life.
16 wagons were on the donner party And 87 people that were with the donner party.
There was only one major mountain range that the Donner Party had to cross through. The Rocky Mountain. The Rockys caused a lot of trouble for the people going out to west. The Donner Party took off late from Independence, MO, so the Donner Party got stuck in the Rockys. That's what caused the Donner Party to become so famous and the number of people going to the west decreased dramatically. Then the Gold Rush started and the numbers went way up.
The Donner party took a shortcut across Utah that its promoter said would save them 300 miles. Instead, it added 100 miles to their trip.
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16 wagons were on the donner party And 87 people that were with the donner party.
There was a girl named Mary Donner in the Donner Party, and a woman named Margaret Reed.
No. The Donner Party were not Mormon pioneers.
The Donner Party - film - was created in 2009.
The duration of The Donner Party - documentary - is 1.5 hours.
George Donner was the leader
The experience that the Donner Party had shows that the Oregon Trail was hazardous.
You can find details about the Donner Party on the Wikipedia page devoted to it. You can also receive an introductory lesson about the Donner Party provided on the PBS website.
The Donner Party - 2009 is rated/received certificates of: USA:R
The donner party got stuck in snow because they were caught in a huge snowfall.
The Donner party left the other group of travelers and used hasting cutoff little did they know that the guide only used this path once. When the Donner party got close the the Sierra Nevada's they got suck in a snow storm some of the people in the Donner party had to leave there wagons behind or get rid of stuff so alot f the people were out side huddled against each other getting warmth. Because of this "shortcut" the donner party ran out of food and water and people died for the lack of food when it came to that the donner party had no choice to eat the dead later on theree n ople that volenterred to hichhike to california and get help and some of the people trying to get help died on the way some made it to california. Thats some what of what happend to the donner party.
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