The Donner party happens in 1847 in Springfield, California.The Donner party was led by George Donner sixty years old man. This is why it's called the Donner party because it was led by George Donner party. there a lake called Donner lake.
The trek had been organized by James Reed.
There were 90 emigrants that left Springfield to head west. One of the ending causes for the Donner party they were blocked by snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Which caused them to resorted cannibalism to survive. The main reason that causes the ending of the Donner party that they took the wrong pass. The pass was called Hastings pass These are all the causes of the Donner party trouble.
In Sierra Nevada of Northern California there