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Lifetime: 1843 - 1922 Passed: ≈ 102 years ago

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Eliza P. Donner Houghton

Books by Eliza P. Donner Houghton

Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Cover image

Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate

History Memoir Non-Fiction Biography
19th century History Tragedy Rescue Childhood Winter Survival Orphan Memoir Cannibalism Snowstorm Pioneer Westward Expansion American West Donner Party California Trail Sierra Nevada Eliza Donner Houghton

The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism. Although this...