- Wikipedia: Donner Party
Article examining the group of California-bound American settlers in the 1840s, who were famous for resorting to cannibalism while snowbound in the Sierra Nevada.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_party
- SF Museum: Donner Party
Text of the 1847 article published in the "California Star" shortly after a rescue party left Sutter's Fort to search for survivors in the Sierra.
www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/donner.html
- New Light on the Donner Party
Provides a chonology, FAQ, and a bulletin that features new research on the Donner Party.
www.utahcrossroads.org/DonnerParty
- American Experience: The Donner Party
Companion web site to the PBS/WGBH series program about the ill-fated wagon train.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/donner
- The Donner Party
Daily diary entries and quotes from members of the infamous Donner Party.
www.donnerpartydiary.com
- The Tragic Story of the Donner Party
History of the Donner Party, the group of pioneers who became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-donnerparty.html
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