Whats with the “Donner Party” jokes?
The Donner Party was a disasterous wagon train that attempted the California trail in 1848. Due to a late start and a shortcut that wasn’t, they were stuck in the mountains at what is now called Donner Lake in the city of Truckee, CA. The snow was fifteen to twenty feet deep– there are still some high stumps from trees the pioneers cut for fuel– and they did not have enough food. A large portion of the wagon train starved to death, and it is fairly well accepted, though not proven, that some of the remaining members survived by cannibalism.
