Hundreds of thousands traveled the roughly 2,500 miles from Missouri to the pacific coast - chasing fertile soil, better fortune and predictable climate. 

Among the thousands to have made this difficult journey westwards, no single group has garnered as much attention, or endured so much, as the roughly 87 people now referred to as the Donner Party …

 Upon reaching their destination, 47 of the 87 remain… what happened? 

Works Cited: 

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Paperback – September 22, 2015

Stuckey, M. E. (2011). The Donner Party and the Rhetoric of Westward Expansion. Rhetoric and Public Affairs, 14(2), 229–260. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41940539

https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Donner-Party-Women-A-Tribute

https://sierranevadageotourism.org/entries/pioneer-monument/ed43023c-be23-4ee6-bbdc-f6b0b6eea706

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/1885479/episodes/new

http://thedonnerlife.weebly.com/characters.html

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