The Donner Party

On today’s episode we are talking about the Donner Party. A group of emigrants headed to the Coast from the Midwest for a better and healthier life get stuck in the mountains all because they listened to the wrong man. Many people died and the others did what they had to do to survive. 

sources 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Donner-party

https://www.history.com/articles/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-donner-party

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/donner/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-donnerparty/

https://www.johndclare.net/EAW2.htm