The Donner Party Tragedy

In the early twentieth century, more immigrants left the hometown in the west, because in the more liberal free world we were able to live. Others joined the inspiration of the American idea Manifesto Destiny. I think everything between the Atlantic and the Pacific is theirs, so it should be solved by them. Due to many tragic events, for these reasons, the group who traveled to the western United States in 1846 lost 34 settlers.

The donor party is the most famous tragedy in the West. Before winter, immigrants of nearly 90 truck trains could not cross the Sierra Nevada, and nearly half were forced to starve to death. They are ordinary people such as farmers, businessmen, parents, children, so their story captures imagination. The monthly log of this website contains direct record diaries, letters, and words from participants, supplementing the later historian's information. The log details the location of their ways and camps, so you can trace the track tracks and footprints of the donor party. For more information on the sources of information on this website, please see Resources.

George and Tamsen donor's children were taken away by an old couple near Satter's Fort. Eliza was 3 years old from 1846 to 1847 and was the youngest among Downer 's children. In 1911 she published an account of the Downer Party based on the account printed and her sister's account. Isavera, the youngest daughter of Brean, was the last survivor of the Downer Party at the age of 1 in the winter from 1846 to 1847. She died in 1935. The children of Graves have a different life. Mary Graves got married soon, but her first husband was murdered. She cooked his murderer's food in prison to ensure that the man sentenced before he was hanged is not starving. Mary's grandson realized she was very serious; Graves said "I can cry but I can not, I will know how to cry again if I can forget this tragedy" said. It will not be resolved at important points