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 appeared ...

RENO, Nev. - They ate the family dog, but the latest research into the Donner Party found no conclusive evidence of cannibalism by the Donner family at a Sierra Nevada campsite where several of the ...

An archaeological dig by a team including University researchers did not find evidence of cannibalism at one of the infamous Donner Party’s two campsites. “We wanted to add complexity into an event ...

The Museum of Natural and Cultural History presented a lecture discussing the ill-fated journey of the Donner family and the possibility of cannibalism Friday night in Lillis Hall. Museum Research ...

RENO, Nev. — They ate the family dog, but the latest research into the Donner Party found no conclusive evidence of cannibalism by the Donner family at a Sierra Nevada campsite where several of the ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 19, 1847, the first rescuers reached members of the Donner Party, who had been snowbound in the Sierra Nevada ...

The story of the Donner Party is a tragic story of American westward migration that over the years has become a cautionary tale and often even the subject of jokes - grim jokes. In the spring of 1846, ...

Capital Books Press publishes two landmark survivor accounts for the 180th anniversary of America’s most haunting pioneer disaster 80 years after one of America’s most devastating pioneer tragedies, ...