Donner Party

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group of American pioneers historical event participant group wagon train

The Donner Party was a group of American pioneers who became infamous for being trapped by heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846–1847, leading to extreme hardship and incidents of cannibalism.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Donner Party canonical	7
Donner Party encampment of 1846–1847	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of American pioneers ⓘ historical event participant group ⓘ wagon train ⓘ
aftermath	public scandal in the United States ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	George Donner ⓘ Jacob Donner ⓘ James F. Reed ⓘ Lansford Hastings ⓘ Patrick Breen ⓘ Tamsen Donner ⓘ
campLocation	Alder Creek ⓘ Donner Lake ⓘ
causeOfHardship	delayed departure ⓘ heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ loss of cattle and supplies ⓘ taking Hastings Cutoff ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deathToll	around 42 ⓘ
destination	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Sacramento Valley ⓘ
documentedIn	Breen diary ⓘ newspaper accounts of the late 1840s ⓘ
endDate	1847-04 ⓘ
hasTheme	dangers of overland migration ⓘ survival cannibalism ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
leader	George Donner ⓘ James F. Reed ⓘ
legacy	Donner Lake ⓘ surface form: Donner Lake named in their memory Donner Memorial State Park ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Nevada ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ
mainEvent	Donner Party disaster ⓘ
memberCountAtDeparture	around 87 ⓘ
namedAfter	George Donner ⓘ Jacob Donner ⓘ
notableFor	cannibalism ⓘ extreme starvation ⓘ failed westward migration ⓘ
originatedFrom	Missouri ⓘ Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
partOf	California Gold Rush ⓘ surface form: California Gold Rush era migration wave
rescueEffort	First Relief ⓘ Fourth Relief ⓘ Second Relief ⓘ Third Relief ⓘ
route	California Trail ⓘ
startDate	1846-04 ⓘ
survivorCount	around 45 ⓘ
trappedDuring	winter of 1846–1847 ⓘ
usedRouteVariant	Hastings Cutoff ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Donner Lake → hasHistoricalAssociation → Donner Party ⓘ

Donner Lake → hasHistoricalEvent → Donner Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donner Party encampment of 1846–1847

Donner Lake → namedAfter → Donner Party ⓘ

Sutter’s Fort → associatedWith → Donner Party ⓘ

Donner Memorial State Park → namedAfter → Donner Party ⓘ

Donner Memorial State Park → commemorates → Donner Party ⓘ

Pioneer Monument → commemorates → Donner Party ⓘ

Pioneer Monument → hasCategory → Donner Party ⓘ