to live a better life find gold and have fertile soil to plant in
Springfield, Illinois
April 14, 1846
They didn't leave Springfield, Missouri, they left Springfield, Illinois. They wanted to better their lives by moving to an area where there was less sickness, a climate with no cold winters, and good farming land.
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 Donner party left from Springfield, IL. James Frazier Reed was born in Ireland and had done lead mining, farming, and cabinet making. George Donner had one crop on a farm in Texas but did not like it there so he moved to the Springfield, IL area and married Eustace Tanner.
George Donner was the leader
The duration of The Donner Party - documentary - is 1.5 hours.
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.