EP-14 The Donner/Dinner Party - a podcast by Haley Stern

In April 16, 146 nine covered wagons left Springfield, Illinois on the 2,500 mile journey to California. The train would later grow and gain the name of the Donner Party.

The party was faced with constant hardships and food shortages. Things only got worse when they failed to make it over the summit of the mountains in time before they were trapped by 25 feet of snow with limited supplies.

Needless to say, things didn't get any better and when people began dying of malnutrition, party members realized they had to do something to avoid ending up like their fallen comrades. This led them to cannibalize their dead party members.

What is the whole story behind the Donner party?

Listen and find out!

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