The Donner Party is one of the most famous events in American history. The grisly story of a group of west-seeking settlers who, through a combination of poor planning, bad luck, and stubborn leaders, ultimately resorted to cannibalism while trapped in a vicious winter storm. You might think you already know the broad strokes of the story, but it's the specific details that really paint the picture of what happened to these poor souls. Was it hubris? Was it naivete? Was it a plan so wild, it just might work — except it didn't? This is the untold truth of the Donner Party.

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The U.S. expands westward | 0:00
A shortcut to the west | 0:57
James Frazier Reed | 2:25
The journey begins | 3:26
Reed receives a warning | 4:14
The worst mistake | 5:00
Early foreshadowing | 5:51
The trouble with lost time | 6:50
In the Sierra Nevada Mountains | 7:44
A memorial marks the site | 9:05
Word spreads | 10:28

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