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The Donner Party is one of the most famous events in American history. The grisly story of a group of west-seeking settlers ...

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 ...

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 ...

With snow drifts 20-feet deep, seven men approach Donner Lake and spy a cabin near the east end of the shore. As they approach, a frail woman appears and in a weak voice asks, “Are you men from ...

On Wednesday, the Placerville office of the California Highway Patrol posted a photo on Facebook of the Donner Lake exit on Interstate 80. The lake just happens to be named after the Donner Party, a ...

This winter marks 175 years since the Donner Party got stuck in the Sierra Nevada, forcing some now infamous, unthinkable life-or-death decisions. Monday morning, a team of four long-distance runners ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Bill Maher’s final New Rule of the night, he suggested that if tea partiers get to control the Republican party and act like hostage negotiators, the Democrats should have their own branch party ...