James F. and Margaret Reed, members of the Donner PartyImage : Photographer unknown, Public DomainThe horrific...  ...experiences of 87 American pioneers known as the Donner Party , who became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountain...  ...r the death and destruction that was to come. Two ...

Tales of the Donner Party , a group of 19th century American pioneers who we...  ...das, have become the stuff of popular legend. The Donner Party supposedly resorted to cannibalism in order to su...  ...her team studied the bones from the hearth at the Donner site. They were...