What is the Donner Party?

Answer by  Olive (1195)

The Donner Party was an unfortunate group of people who got lost on the California Trail in 1846. in In their memory, there is Donner Party Memorial Park in California.

Answer by  critesb1 (224)

Journey of a family and hired help. Leaving on April 16, 1846, for a journey from Illinois on a 2500 mile journey to California. While they had only nine wagons for 32 men, women and children. Faced with hardship at every turn. The short cut to the west not easy.