"My grandmother was one of the survivors of the
Donner Party. My grandfather, Jason Whitney, came around the Horn and took part in the raising of the Bear Flag at Sonoma.
McLaughlin, a Lane County deputy medical examiner currently working toward her doctorate in anthropology at the University of Oregon, and Tasa, a UO scientist known for his ongoing efforts to prove whether California's notorious
Donner party truly resorted to cannibalism, buried real placenta with the fake bodies so cadaver dogs would have something to track.
Tasa is one of several scientists involved in an effort to prove or disprove once and for all whether the pilgrims of the
Donner Party resorted to cannibalism as they struggled for survival during a brutal winter high in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
The keyboard-driven band features singer-instrumentalist Sam Coomes, formerly of the
Donner Party and Heatmiser, and drummer Janet Weiss, who still is with Sleater-Kinney.
It's been compared to the
Donner Party tragedy, although it wasn't nearly as horrific in the end.
When Donald Trump says that Republicans will become known as the "Party of Healthcare," I assume he means in the same way that the
Donner Party became known as the "Party of Fine Dining."
In winter, the crowd of "underfed hippies" would be snowed in for weeks at a time, and it didn't take long for
Donner Party jokes to lose their punch.
Whether it's a curse from the beautiful Tamsen Donner (who some think might be a witch), their ill-advised choice of route through uncharted terrain, or just plain bad luck, the ninety men, women, and children of the
Donner Party are heading into one of one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history.
Grayson uses a biological framework to explore the fates of three emigrant groups traversing the American West in 19th century: the well-known
Donner Party, plus two Mormon groups who lost a total of 200 people in Wyoming: the Willie Handcart Company and the Martin Handcart Company, who tried to bring their goods and children in wheeled carts drawn by humans, not animals, from Iowa to Utah.
HHHHH THIS historical horror is inspired by real events - the journey made by a wagon train of settlers known as the
Donner Party in 1846, who took a short cut while moving west from Illinois to the new American frontier along the California Trail.
This historical horror is inspired by real events - as a wagon train of settlers known as the
Donner Party travel west from Illinois to the new American frontier in 1846.
THE HUNGER by Alma Katsu, Bantam Press, PS12.99 (ebook PS9.99) HHHHH THIS historical horror is inspired by real events - the journey made by a wagon train of settlers known as the
Donner Party in 1846, who took a short cut while moving west from Illinois to the new American frontier along the California Trail.