Donner Pass

At Fort Bridger, the Donner Party took the Hastings Cutoff, an untried shortcut through Utah’s Weber Canyon and the Great Salt Lake Desert. The Imus Party chose the longer, but proven, track through Fort Hall [Idaho]. At Fort Hall, Captain Imus hired Caleb Greenwood, then eighty-three

On April 6,1846 the Donner and Reed Party embarked on their journey to the country of California for new opportunities and a better life. This was the driving force that called pioneers to make the long 1,500 mile journey across plains, mountains, and desert. However the Donners had encountered such difficulties that no man or woman should experience, and barely made it to California alive. At the start of the journey the Reeds and Donners encountered not one problem and reached Fort Laramie with

In 1846, eight families gathered together with a common goal, to find a better life in California. These families became known as The Donner party, also known as the Donner-Reed party. Although they set out with high hopes and good faith, their trip was doomed from the start. As I watched Dead of Winter: The Donner Party, a documentary about the Donner Party, I noticed a great difference in information then what was taught in class. I knew very little on this event and when I watched this documentary

Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of The Donner Party Ordeal by Hunger is a true story that shows the struggles that the Donner Party had to go through trying to reach California. They were just one of many wagon trains that were migrating to California. Some of the migrants were trying to find a better life, and get rich. Others were already rich, but wanted a nice place to stay at. Many people had heard how great California was. They migrated by wagons pulled by oxen, and traveled about 30 miles per

that was on the way to the western U.S., for those reasons in 1846, had a tragic loss of 34 settlers due to many tragic events. This group was led by George Donner, which was elected the leader of this group on 19 July 1846, this group inherited his name, called the Donner Party. The Donner Party consisted of the families of George Donner, his brother Jacob

Changed If More Things Were Questioned? We all know the story of the Donner Party; They wanted to move west for a better life and a better future, but things went wrong. We all cringe when we think of how they had to or were assumed to have committed cannibalism to survive. But have we ever wondered what would have happened if something had gone another way or if someone had said or done something different? Did the travelers in the Donner Party ever wonder that? I believe some did, but did not want to

In May of 1846, settlers George Donner and James Reed led an assembly of nearly 90 people on a journey from Springfield, Illinois to the newly discovered West. The West was full of new hope- a chance of starting anew and the possibility of buying untouched land were promising to those who yearned for more. The leaders, George Donner and James Reed, followed a book titled, The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California written by Lansford Hastings, which ensured a shortcut to their promising, new destination

Survival? Cannibalism? Suffering? In the year of 1846, during the spring time an assembly of people headed West to California, leaving their places in Springfield, Illinois. Money wealthy George and Jacob Donner, who were brothers, piloted the group. Deciding on a path to take, they chose an uncharted route, with their chances, that was allegedly “to be shorter”, to reach their destination in California, detouring them from their original plans. Therefore, the group led by the brothers faced rigid

brains while the men ate the muscle and internal organs. The body of the one who died was thought to help the still living become stronger; the deceased body was a source of nourishment. The Amazonian tribe of the Wari thought that the deceased would pass on and be reincarnated as an animal providing food, once again, to the tribe. “Among the Wari people it was to confirm that the loved one had passed into the afterlife and was to be re-incarnated as an animal” (Marsh). Exocannibalism is the eating

skills. I must not only point out and take responsibility for these habits, but it is also important to know how they negatively affect others around me and how I can easily change them with small behavior adjustments. It’s definitely always easier to pass judgement on others