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 ...
On Feb. 4, 1847, a group of men left Johnson’s Ranch, near Wheatland, on horseback, and journeyed roughly 100 miles in search of the Donner Party. On Monday, four ultra-distance runners will set out ...
DONNER SUMMIT, Calif. (News 4 & Fox 11) — You can now keep up with ultra-distance runners in real time as they set out to retrace the the trail of the Donner Party rescue missions in 1847. The trek is ...
This winter marks 175 years since the Donner Party got stuck in the Sierra Nevada, forcing some now infamous, unthinkable life-or-death decisions. Monday morning, a team of four long-distance runners ...