Westward migration began five years earlier, in 1841, and the Donner Party initially followed the Oregon Trail, which had led many others to Oregon and California. In Wyoming, they had to choose to ...

The Donner Party ... often bring out the best and the worst in people in ways that are often surprising to them. Tell students that the program they will see, The Donner Party, recounts the ...

Ric Burns wrote, directed and co-produced the film The Donner Party. He describes why the story ... Oregon trail and did the research for the book that became The Oregon Trail.