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Donner Party

The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest.

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General information about the Donner Party
Donner Party

General information about the Donner Party

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List of Members of the famed Donner Party
Members

List of Members of the famed Donner Party

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Roster of the Donner Party and information as to their fates.
General Roster

Roster of the Donner Party and information as to their fates.

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From November 20, 1846 to March 1, 1847, Irish immigrant Patrick Breen, a Donner party member, kept a diary of his ordeal in the mountains. 
The Diary of Patrick Breen

From November 20, 1846 to March 1, 1847, Irish immigrant Patrick Breen, a Donner party member, kept a diary of his ordeal in the mountains. 

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Visit reports, news, maps, directions and info on Departure Point Of The Donner Party in Springfield, Illinois.
Springfield, IL - Departure Point Of The Donner Party

Visit reports, news, maps, directions and info on Departure Point Of The Donner Party in Springfield, Illinois.

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Donner Party Members. Of the 83 members of the Donner Party who were trapped in the mountains, only 45 survived to reach California.
Survivors

Donner Party Members. Of the 83 members of the Donner Party who were trapped in the mountains, only 45 survived to reach California.

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Died as part of the ill fated Donner Party.
Tamsen Eustis Donner (1801-1847) - Find a Grave Memorial

Died as part of the ill fated Donner Party.

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Henry Eddy, late of Mass., a pioneer of 1846, and well known rescuer of the Donner Party, aged 43 years.
William Henry Eddy (1817-1859) - Find a Grave Memorial

Henry Eddy, late of Mass., a pioneer of 1846, and well known rescuer of the Donner Party, aged 43 years.

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Lincoln reported to have considered joining the Donner party who left from Springfield where Lincoln lived. Could this be true? The dates seem to line up...
Author: Lincoln considered joining Donner Party

Lincoln reported to have considered joining the Donner party who left from Springfield where Lincoln lived. Could this be true? The dates seem to line up...

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Link to photos of the diary of Mr. Breen.
Diary of Mr. Breen

Link to photos of the diary of Mr. Breen.

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Donner Party Leader, Pioneer, Businessman. Reed was born in Northern Ireland, but he claimed to be of noble Polish extraction with Reednoski being the original name. Reed and his mother emigrated to the U.S. after his father’s death. He joined a local volunteer militia company led by Jacob M. Early and served with...
James Frazier Reed (1800-1874) - Find a Grave Memorial

Donner Party Leader, Pioneer, Businessman. Reed was born in Northern Ireland, but he claimed to be of noble Polish extraction with Reednoski being the original name. Reed and his mother emigrated to the U.S. after his father’s death. He joined a local volunteer militia company led by Jacob M. Early and served with...

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Survivor of the infamous Donner Party and daughter of Captain George Donner and Tamzene Eustis; a group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train, trapped by the winter of 1846–47 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada.
Georgia Anna Donner Babcock (1841-1911) - Find a Grave Memorial

Survivor of the infamous Donner Party and daughter of Captain George Donner and Tamzene Eustis; a group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train, trapped by the winter of 1846–47 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada.

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The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest.
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