The Donner Party came to California 177 years ago. The ill-fated company of immigrants got stuck in a heavy, early December ...

In May 1846, the nine covered wagons made the slow journey from Springfield, Illinois to Independence, Missouri. The Donner Party would purchase provisions here for their long, arduous journey to ...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - David and Gayle Woodruff are local actors and historians. They’ll be performing their program, “Those ...

Back in May 1891, Truckee was abuzz with treasure fever. While on a fishing excursion near Donner Lake, Edward Reynolds uncovered a cache of coins near the shore, claiming that they had been buried by ...

Yes, Donner Memorial State Park has an interesting past (most of us know the story of the Donner Party) making its mark in the big migration of settlers coming out west to build a better life, their ...

It was late fall in 1844 when a group of pioneers, horses, oxen and wagons arrived on the shore of a beautiful lake embedded below the wall of the Sierra Nevada. Snow had already accumulated on the ...

WHEATLAND, California (KOVR) — The historical society in Wheatland is making a push to preserve a little-known wagon trail that marked the end of the Donner Party. California’s early history is on ...

The Donner Party followed a route recommended by Lansford Hastings in his 1845 book, "The Emigrant's Guide," in which he described a "cutoff" that he claimed was 350 to 400 miles shorter than the ...

Back in May 1891, Truckee was abuzz with treasure fever. While on a fishing excursion near Donner Lake, Edward Reynolds uncovered a cache of coins near the shore, claiming that they had been buried by ...

According to a guidebook published in 1845, the vast region then called Alta California was a “paradise.” The western part of this Mexican territory—it would not become the U.S. state of California ...