Who were the Donners? The Donner Party was heading from Illinois to California in 1846. Sadly, the group arrived in the Sierra Nevada Mountains too late to pass through and was stranded in the heavy ...

Plans for a new museum at Donner Memorial State Park continue to move forward. Construction of the High Sierra Crossing Museum, which will replace the existing museum in the state park, could begin as ...

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — California parks officials say Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget would make it possible to nearly double the operating hours planned at a new visitor’s center and museum at ...

TRUCKEE – California state parks officials have decided to abandon the idea of constructing a museum near the eastern shore of Donner Lake after meeting with officials. “We all decided that building ...

A new museum at Donner Memorial State Park in California’s Sierra Nevada region is slated to open in 2009. Exhibits in the 9,100-square-foot building will focus on Native American life, railroad ...

TRUCKEE, Calif. — The keys to a newly constructed Donner Memorial State Park visitor center are days away from being turned over to California State Parks, but more work is needed before the building ...

The Museum of Natural and Cultural History presented a lecture discussing the ill-fated journey of the Donner family and the possibility of cannibalism Friday night in Lillis Hall. Museum Research ...

The wife of George Donner — who led the infamous disaster pioneer trip of 1847 — Tamsen Eustis was a Massachusetts ...

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