Historical Tragedy of the Donner Party
The Donner Party, comprising the Reed and Donner families, set off for California in 1846 seeking a new life but faced adversity. Led by George Donner and Lansford Hastings, their journey took a tragic turn with a late start and a brutal snowstorm. Stranded on the trail, they resorted to eating their mules and food supplies to survive. Learn more about this harrowing tale of endurance and survival.
Download Presentation
Please find below an Image/Link to download the presentation.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author.If you encounter any issues during the download, it is possible that the publisher has removed the file from their server.
You are allowed to download the files provided on this website for personal or commercial use, subject to the condition that they are used lawfully. All files are the property of their respective owners.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author.
E N D
Presentation Transcript
DONNER PARTY By Candon Hatalla
DONNER PARTY The Donner Party was a group of two family's, the Reed family and the Donner family. They were traveling west to California.
WHO WAS THE DONNER PARTY? The Reed family and Donner family. The Donner Party was group of families wanting to travel west to start a new life. http://www.history. com
WHO WAS LEADING THE PARTY WESTWARD? George Donner was leading the two families westward along with Lansford Hasting https://en. wikipedia. org
WHAT WAS THEIR PLAN WHEN THEY GOT TO CALIFORNIA? Their plan was to start a new life Lansford Hasting wanted to move to California because he wanted to be president of California http://www.le gendsofameri ca.com
WHAT STATE DID THE DONNER PARTY LEAVE FROM? The Donner Party left from Springfield Illinois and they wanted to travel to California to start a new life. http://www. history.com
WHEN DID THE DONNER PARTY LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA? The Donner Party was leaving Springfield in April 1846 https://en.wikipe dia.org
WHAT HAPPEN WHEN THEY GOT ONE THE TRAIL? When the Donner Party set out to start their journey, they left to late and were stuck in the middle of a bad snow storm http://ww w.legends ofamerica. com
WHAT DID THEY EAT WHEN THEY WERE STRANDED? When they were on the trail, they had to eat there mules, and all of their food that they were saving http://www. history.com
DETAILS On the Oregon trail they wanted to take a shortcut which was a bad idea During there time taking the short cut their wagon broke and they had to set up camp During the tie period that they had to camp out a huge snow storm made them stranded
EXTRA DETAIL The snow storm made them stranded and they were running out of food They had to eat their mules and had to turn to cannibalism
