A new life, opportunity, endless acres of land, and even gold lay west, and that's exactly what the Donner Party was in search of. In part 1 of this 2 part look at the infamous Oregon Trail disaster we learn just who they were and what was it that went so terribly wrong.
You can find the first-hand accounts of Virginia Reed and Eliza Donner at: https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/reed/donner/donner.html http://genealogytrails.com/ill/donner.html
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