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. Clinging to survival with his wife Margaret and their ...

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create ... in the winter of 1846-47, a snowbound Donner Party resorted to the most infamous incident of cannibalism in American history. The first time my wife ...

These thousands of Chinese immigrants were first attracted to ... For perspective, 42 people died in the Donner Party, which now has a lake, a mountain, a pass, a state park, and more named ...

These thousands of Chinese immigrants were first attracted to Northern California ... For perspective, 42 people died in the Donner Party, which now has a lake, a mountain, a pass, a state park, and ...