Yep, they are still stuck there.
Jk, the 48 of 87 who survived were rescued in February of 1847.
16 wagons were on the donner party And 87 people that were with the donner party.
The Donners and Reeds left Springfield, Illinois, on April 14, 1846. They left Independence, Missouri, on May 12, 1846. However, the Donner Party didn't actually exist until July 19, 1846, when George Donner was elected captain of a newly-formed wagon train.
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.
Yes, there were a number of survivors, maybe half of the original complement. It is a tragic accident of history to call this incident a Party, which usually is something joyful and upbeat, not extreme hunger, survival problems- and cannibalism.
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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I think what you are asking for is Donner Pass, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
Not sure what the annual slow fall rate is but at the Donner Pass memorial the plaque said the 22 foot height of the memorial represented the depth of the snow when the Donner Party was trapped there.
No. He urged the Donner Party to take a shortcut which caused the party unnecessary hardship. If the Donner Party had not taken the shortcut, they would have made it to Sacramento before snow came to the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Allegedly the Donner Party set up a camp of about 2 miles for around 5 days at the base of Rattlesnake Mountain. Donner Springs Neighborhood is at the base of this mountain. The party rested in this camp prior to continuing their journey to California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where they met their eventual demise.
The Fancher Party.The Fancher Party wagon train killed and has very little survivors. This happened in Sierra Nevada.
A snowstorm.
The pioneers crossing the Sierra Nevada were generally trying to go to California. For example, the Donner Party emigrated from the United States to California in 1846 by crossing the Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, and finally the Sierra Nevada in order to settle in Mexican California.
48 of 87 pioneers survived the trip. Near Truckee Lake, Northwest of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the border of North California and Nevada, the Party could go no further. Most survived by cannibalizing their family members and others who died of starvation in what is now known as The Donner Pass.
They were trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and resorted to eating their dead companions. The Mexican American War delayed rescue groups, and the extreme weather turned back many. When they were rescued, only 48 of the original 87 had survived.