From stolen train riches in 1870 to a Washoe Tribe basket gifted to President Wilson, a trove of lost treasures have vanished ...

As most students of the California public education system know, the name Donner comes from a wagon party that met a tragic end in the area, leading to the renaming of geographical features ...

On Dec. 26, 1846, some members of the ill-fated Donner Party are believed to have turned to cannibalism in order to survive during a Sierra Nevada snowstorm. The information below originally ...

If it had worked out differently, the group of settlers that came to be known as the Donner Party would have slipped over the Sierra Nevada into California—and obscurity. But poor planning ...

This is Part Two of the Bay Curious series on the Donner Party. Read Part One of this story here. hen the snow finally melted in spring of 1847, the grisly evidence of the Donner Party’s ordeal — the ...

You probably know the broad strokes of the Donner Party Saga: In 1846, a group of migrants traveling to California got stuck in a surprise October snow storm. After exhausting all their resources, ...

The Donner Party would purchase provisions here for their long, arduous journey to California. Expecting to be greeted by Lansford Hastings who would lead them through Hastings Cutoff ...

Ric Burns wrote, directed and co-produced the film The Donner Party. He describes why the story of the Donner party has had such a lasting resonance, and how it fits into America’s grand ...

Back in May 1891, Truckee was abuzz with treasure fever. While on a fishing excursion near Donner Lake, Edward Reynolds uncovered a cache of coins near the shore, claiming that they had been ...

On Dec. 26, 1846, some members of the ill-fated Donner Party are believed to have turned to cannibalism in order to survive ...