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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 aspect of the tragedy has been exaggerated. [1]

The nucleus of the party consisted of the Donner and Reed families, some 33 people in all, who departed from Springfield, Illinois in mid-April, 1846, for California. The emigrants arrived at Independence, Missouri, on May 11, 1846, and left the following day. They joined a larger wagon train, with which they traveled until they reached the Little Sandy River, in what is now Wyoming, where they camped alongside several other emigrant parties. Birthday Express: Children's Party Supplies and More. There, those emigrants who had decided to take a new route ("Hastings Cutoff", named after its promoter, Lansford Hastings) formed a new wagon train. They elected George Donner their captain, creating the Donner Party, on July 19. [2]

The party continued westward, enduring great hardship while crossing the Wasatch Mountains and the Great Salt Lake Desert. When they finally rejoined the California Trail, near modern Elko, Nevada, they had lost three weeks' time on the "shortcut". They met further setbacks and delays while traveling along Nevada's Humboldt River. [2]

When they reached the Sierra Nevada, a snow storm blocked the pass. Train Party: Kids Trains Theme Birthday Party Supply, Gifts and Toys.