allegedly left by Elizabeth Graves of the Donner Party. Whatever the source of the coins, there was general agreement that it wasn't the Donner Money — a legendary cache believed to be buried at ...

Cannibalism has existed throughout the long, strange arc of human history, but even on those occasions when it’s been justified—when the Donner party had a dinner party, say—we don’t much ...

Here, you'll find a great stone pedestal commemorating the Donner Party, the legendary pioneers who fell victim to the harsh Sierra Nevada winter of 1846 to 1847. The party (originally consisting ...