Subscribe using iTunes Subscribe using Stitcher The Donner Party departed Independence, Missouri on their ill-fated journey to California. Categories: Podcast #American West#California#Cannibalism#Donner Party#Great Salt Lake Desert#Hastings Cutoff#Oregon Trail#Pioneers#Sierra Nevada#United States#USA#Wagon Train#Westward Expansion Comments are closed.
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