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 ...
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, ...
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