Donner Party: American Experience
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Donner Party Preview... (#503)
In June 1846, George and Jacob Donner and James Frazier Reed led their families west out of Springfield, Illinois, and... 00:31
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American Experience | The Donner Party | PBS (#503)
Full Program: The story of 87 emigrants' fateful journey that culminated in death and cannibalism. 01:23:11
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What began as a trek to the West became a terrifying tale of misery for the19th-century pioneers. [86 minutes]