The Donner Party was heading from Illinois to California in 1846. Sadly, the group arrived in the Sierra Nevada Mountains too ...

2007-01-21 04:00:00 PDT Truckee-- In California history class, I daydreamed through the missions, and the Big Four were a bore -- but I perked right up when we got to the Donner Party. "It's the ...

When Connie Young Yu explores California's Donner Pass it's about something bigger than the grand alpine scenery. It's personal. For Young Yu, of Los Altos Hills, Calif., it's an exploration of the ...

Yes, Donner Memorial State Park has an interesting past (most of us know the story of the Donner Party) making its mark in the big migration of settlers coming out west to build a better life, their ...

“We were full of hope and did not dream of sorrow.” –Virginia Reed Murphy, Donner Party survivor in 1891, recalling the group’s feelings at the outset of their trek Bon appetit, Monsieur Donner! Okay, ...

What you’ll see: A 10-mile cut-off from Interstate 80 near Donner Pass to Truckee is your winter portal. On Donner Pass Road, the historic U.S. 40, you cross the true Donner Summit and get a ...

TRUCKEE, Calif.-Sometimes AutoCorrect, bane of our digital existence, unintentionally makes the perfect and perfectly ridiculous word choice that serves both as cogent commentary and comic relief.

TRUCKEE, Calif. — Sometimes AutoCorrect, bane of our digital existence, unintentionally makes the perfect and perfectly ridiculous word choice that serves both as cogent commentary and comic relief.