George Donner

George Donner (1784? – March 1847) was the leader of the Donner Party, a group of California-bound American settlers who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847. Nearly half of the party starved to death, and some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism.

Read more about George Donner:  Biography, Donner Party, Death, Children

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