2007-01-21 04:00:00 PDT Truckee-- In California history class, I daydreamed through the missions, and the Big Four were a bore -- but I perked right up when we got to the Donner Party. "It's the ...

With snow drifts 20-feet deep, seven men approach Donner Lake and spy a cabin near the east end of the shore. As they approach, a frail woman appears and in a weak voice asks, “Are you men from ...

Ranger Mike Rominger points to a ribbon tied to a wagon wheel, which helped pioneer children count the wheel’s revolutions to determine mileage covered. The replica of an 1846 covered wagon is part of ...

In 1898, the Native Sons of the Golden West agreed to sponsor a monument in Truckee honoring the Donner Party, which would fulfill the dream of Charles McGlashan. He had written a definitive “History ...

“We were full of hope and did not dream of sorrow.” –Virginia Reed Murphy, Donner Party survivor in 1891, recalling the group’s feelings at the outset of their trek Bon appetit, Monsieur Donner! Okay, ...