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When last we left our...heroes? Anti-heroes? Villains? Anyway, when last we left the Donner Party, they had rejoined the Oregon Trail after the disastrous "shortcut" that had been the Hastings Cutoff. But their troubles were only just beginning, as we'll discover in this week's episode, part two of the Donner Party.

fWotD Episode 2586: Donner Party Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Monday, 3 June 2024 is Donner Party.The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Some of the migrants resorted to cannibalism to survive, primarily eating the bodies of those who had succumbed to starvation, sickness or extreme cold, but in one case two Native American guides were deliberately killed for this purpose.The Donner Party originated from Springfield, Illinois, and departed Independence, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail in the spring of 1846, behind many other pioneer families who were attempting to make the same overland trip. The journey west usually took between four and six months, but the Donner Party was slowed after electing to follow a new route called the Hastings Cutoff, which bypassed established trails and instead crossed the Rocky Mountains' Wasatch Range and the Great Salt Lake Desert in present-day Utah. The desolate and rugged terrain, and the difficulties they later encountered while traveling along the Humboldt River in present-day Nevada, resulted in the loss of many cattle and wagons, and divisions soon formed within the group.By early November, the migrants had reached the Sierra Nevada but became trapped by an early, heavy snowfall near Truckee Lake (now Donner Lake) high in the mountains. Their food supplies ran dangerously low, and in mid-December some of the group set out on foot to obtain help. Rescuers from California attempted to reach the migrants, but the first relief party did not arrive until the middle of February 1847, almost four months after the wagon train became trapped. Of the 87 members of the party, 48 survived. Historians have described the episode as one of the most fascinating tragedies in California history and in the entire record of American westward migration.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:18 UTC on Monday, 3 June 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Donner Party on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Arthur Neural.

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On April 14th, 1864 several families left Springfield IL for the fertile farmlands of Central California. Known as the Donner Party for their leader George Donner, the group decided to take a shortcut known as The Hastings Cutoff instead of the well established Oregon Trail. A decision many wouldn't live to regret. Today, we'll discuss the troubles they faced along the way, how the survivors were finally rescued, and what drove the group to cannibalism. You won't want to miss this gruesome yet fascinating episode! Follow us on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠, ⁠⁠TikT⁠⁠⁠⁠o⁠⁠⁠⁠k⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ @GreetingsTAC, email us at ⁠⁠GreetingsTAC@gmail.com⁠⁠, or leave us a voicemail at ‪‪⁠⁠915-317-6669⁠⁠ if you have a story to share with us. If you like the show, leave us a review, tell a friend, and subscribe! Visit us on the web at ⁠⁠TechnicallyAConversation.com⁠⁠ Contest: ⁠⁠https://www.technicallyaconversation.com/Contest⁠⁠ Episode Page: https://www.technicallyaconversation.com/episodes/Donner-Party Listen to ⁠Bedknobs and Broomflicks⁠ Follow them on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Listen to ⁠Horrifying History⁠ Follow them on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Donner-party https://www.wired.com/story/case-for-cannibalism-how-survive-donner-party/ https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/january-24/ http://lpfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/19850700_Blakley_HistoricalOverviewLPNF.pdf --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/technicallyaconversation/message

Caitlin is joined by the iconic Maggie Brodnick, AKA her mother, as they discuss The Donner party. That's right, the cannibals! Although that should be debated, because cannibalism was just an itsy bitsy part of the whole story.  Caity's Mom, the goddess and obvious historian, details the specifics of the Donner party history, including that SCAMS that led them to suffering, failure, and oof… eating each other. They explain why the “Hastings CutOff” was a total scam, built on male hubris OF COURSE. They dig into how the idea of Manifest Destiny itself was a scam, because there's no such thing as free land. Finally they talk about what happened to the survivors of the Donner Party, and what Caity might have done if she was stuck on a Conestoga wagon in a blizzard.  RESOURCES: https://www.kqed.org/news/11844011/donner-party-pt-1 The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny by: Michael Wallis Scamwowpodcast.com DISCLAIMER: We are comedians and this is satire. C'mon Send us your scams! scamwowpodcast@gmail.com Or call: 347-509-9414 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, our heroes Ronan & T talk about the Donner Party and cannibalism.Intro music by Taylor Smyth & Sam ShepherdOutro music by Taylor SmythFollow us on Instagram! https://linktr.ee/murderunkindnessCheck out our link tree!https://linktr.ee/murderunkindness

During the early evolution of the United States, traveling westward was a perilous endeavor, but perhaps no journey was as perilous as the one that befell those that took the shortcut known as Hastings Cutoff. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/weirdandfeared/support

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Starvation, freezing temps, death, stranded, cannibalism. The people in the Donner Party experienced it all in the several months they were stranded. An impossible journey that ended in several deaths...and hauntings.

För det är fredagsmys! Så vad är man sugen på? Kanske lite kannibalavsnitt! Detta är den första delen av 2 där Oknytt djupdyker ner i den tragiska händelsen som Donner/reed-sällskapet var med om vintern 1846/1847 Detta avsnitt tar upp grunden till varför man söker sig västerut samt resan genom Hastings Cutoff, över The Great Salt Lake Desert, fram till Sierra Nevada-bergen. Stöd Oknytt på Patreon för att öka kvalitén på avsnitten och ta del av bonusmaterial: https://www.patreon.com/oknytt Följ Oknytt på sociala medier!  Insta: @oknyttpod ( https://www.instagram.com/oknyttpod/ ) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Oknyttpod  Har du en berättelse du vill att vi ska ta upp? Maila den till: oknyttpod@gmail.com

The party begins down The Hastings Cutoff and quickly discover that Hastings is more talk than walk.

The act of cannibalism to survive desperate times is not uncommon in U.S. history. Perhaps the most famous case is The Donner-Reed Party. In the late spring of 1846 a wagon train set out from Missouri, heading West to California and Oregon. Along with a number of other bad decisions that led to the stranding of the Donner Party, the most fateful decision was to follow a new route West, called the Hastings Cutoff, that directed travelers through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Bad timing and choosing to follow this new route noted by Hastings caused the Donner Party to become snowbound in the Sierras for months. After eating all of their food stores, the pack animals, and even the leather they carried, only then did the members of the Donner Party turn to cannibalism. There were 87 members of the Donner-Reed Party and at the end of their journey only 48 remained. One of the the survivors was the daughter of James and Margaret Reed. Virginia Reed was thirteen when the family decided to travel West. She was one of the few survivors who did not eat human flesh. However, the experience proved so traumatic that until her death in 1921 she always carried food with her wherever she went. What was life like for the survivors of the Donner Tragedy? This question inspires our tale, “Mrs. Crumbs, The Cannibal.”

This is the story of the Donner Party and their fate in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California in 1846, as well as their subsequent rescue.

The is the story of the Donner Party of 1846 and the disaster they met because of the Hastings Cutoff