The Donner Party memorial in Truckee, Nevada county, CA. A few miles north of Lake Tahoe. 2012, Library of Congress. Objectives: Students will examine how for many, the Donner Party’s story ...

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 ...