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Question
Name one of the families.
CANNOT SAY THE JACOB
OR GEORGE DONNER
FAMILIES!!!!!!!!!!
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Answer
Breen Family
Reed Family
George Donner Family
Jacob Donner Family
Graves Family
Murphy Family
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Foster Family
Pike Family
Wolfinger Family
McCutchen Family
Keseberg Family
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How many
people
survived?
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Answer
47
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How many miles
was the “shortcut”
supposed to take
off?
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Answer
300 miles
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How long was the
journey from
Springfield to
California
supposed to be?
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2500 miles
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Name one thing
the Donner Party
ate
*DO NOT SAY
HUMANS
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Answer
Dogs, oxen,
bark, twigs,
string,
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The donner
Party
By: Macy Hundertmark
THE DONNER PARTY
FACTS
•In April or 1846, the Donner Party left
Springfield, Illinois.
•They left to travel out west because they
wanted to find a better life beyond The Rocky
Mountains.
www.eyewitnesshistory.com
What Happened During The
Donner Party?
The Donner Party took a “shortcut”
that was supposed to shed 300 miles
off their journey.
www.news.discovery.com
WHERE WAS THEIR FINAL
DESTINATION SUPPOSED TO BE?
•The final destination for the
Donner Party was supposed to be
California, but for several of the
travelers the final destination was
the Sierra Nevada Mountains
• www.history.com
WHY DID THE DONNER PARTY
GET STUCK IN A DESPERATE
SITUATION?
•They got put in a desperate
situation because they took Hastings
Cutoff which got them stranded in
the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
www.history.com
ABOUT THE DONNER PARTY.
Being SnowBound,
Resorted
To
Cannibalism
www.news.discovery.com
www.history.com
Why
They Ran Out
Of Food.
www.history.com
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What Happened?
They Started
Eating Animals
First.
www.pbs.org
SNOWING NOW ABOUT 3 FEET DEEP…KILLED
“ STILL
MY LAST OXEN TODAY WILL SKIN THEM
TOMORROW GAVE ANOTHER YOKE TO FOSTERS
HARD TO GET WOOD
-Patrick Breen
www.pbs.org
This quote is from Patrick Breen’s journal when they were stuck in
the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
”
WHY DID THEY TAKE HASTINGS
CUTOFF?
•They took Hastings Cutoff because they
kept falling further and further behind
the original group they were traveling
with.
• www.history.com
www.user.xmission.com
WHAT DID THEY EAT WHEN THEY WERE SNOW-BOUND?
• While being snow-bound, they ate canines, oxen,
and other animal meat. Also, they ate twigs, string,
bark, and twigs. Lastly, they resorted to
cannibalism.
• www.history.com
• www.news.discovery.com
• www.biblcalart.co.uk
WHO LEAD THE DONNER PARTY?
•Brothers, Jacob and George Donner
were the ones who lead the Donner
Party through the Sierra Nevada
Mountains
• www.history.com
George Donner
www.Kearney.com
WHO CAME UP WITH THEY IDEA
TO TAKE THE “SHORTCUT”?
•They all knew about the shortcut, so when they
started to fall behind, they all wanted to catch
up, so they all agreed to take the “shortcut”.
• www.history.com
WHAT SUPPLIES DID THEY TAKE?
• They took enough food for
the trip, clothes, kitchen
utensils, and animals.
• www.history.com
www.1860garmentsbyglenda.com
WHERE WERE THE DONNERS
ORIGINALLY FROM?
•The Donners were originally
from Iowa.
• www.nes.discovery.com
www.agweb.com
WHY DID THEY RUN OUT OF
SUPPLIES?
• The Donner Party Ran out of supplies
because they took Hastings cutoff
which added SEVERAL MONTHS TO THEIR
JOURNEY.
• WWW.HISTORY.COM
WHERE DID THEY START THEIR JOURNEY?
•They started their journey
from Springfield, Illinois.
•www.history.com
•www.flickr.com
HOW LONG DID THEY TRAVEL
BEFORE GETTING STRANDED?
•They traveled 6 months before
getting stranded.
•www.history.com
HOW LONG WAS THE JOURNEY
SUPPOSED TO BE?
•The journey was
supposed to be 2500
miles.
• www.history.com
www.sites.psu.edu
RANDOM FACTS!!!!
• Jacob and George Donner were wealthy.
• They were stuck in the mountains for 6 months.
• About half of the Donner Party reached California.
• www.history.com
• www.news.discovery.com
• www.2ametsoc.org
• SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS
FAMILIES IN THE DONNER PARTY
• Breen Family
• Reed Family
• George Donner Family
• Jacob Donner Family
• Graves Family
• Murphy Family
• Foster Family
• Pike Family
• Wolfinger Family
• McCutchen Family
• Keseberg Family
• Individuals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZfpBC7zoDw
47 out of 90
people
survived.
www.onlinenevada.org
www.history.com
FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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