A group of families headed west to California in the spring of 1846 during the Westward Expansion movement. They were well provisioned for the journey that was expected to take them 4-6 months. But one delay after another along with a bad leadership decision turned the trip into a nightmare. Never take a shortcut that has not been proven; it could be deadly.

Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth

Sources:
Murphy, Virginia Reed. Zeinert, Karen.  Across the Plains in the Donner Party. 1996 Linnet Books. Shoe String Press, Inc. North Haven, Connecticut.
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Podcast Unexplained Mysteries - The Donner Party

Documentary: The Donner Party; A Film by Ric Burns. 1992 (PBS Documentaries)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party
https://donduncan.org/trails/donner.htm

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