The Donner Party

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The Donner Party.
Follow the members of the Donner Party as they make their trek from the mid-west to California and the tragedy that unfolded. We attempted to follow the route that the Donner Party took starting in Independence Missouri all the way to Sutter’s Fort near Sacramento California.
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@barbaramazel9614 5 жыл бұрын

I don't care who the narrator was, the information was good, the voice clear and easy to listen to... a documentary should have all 3 of those, this one does.

@Mandalyn09 4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was well done myself!

@Pattilapeep 4 жыл бұрын

I thought so too. This was a true tragedy.

@MrWeAllAreOne 4 жыл бұрын

I had to watch at 1.5x speed. So much boring filler.

@sandygrogg1203 3 жыл бұрын

I agree... I like the voice...

@melvynobrien6193 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrWeAllAreOne wtf?

@thevagabondsageinthewoods 11 ай бұрын

My dad was born in 1910 and his dad was killed in 1917. Being abused by the step father, he left Joplin Missouri at the ripe age of 13 and headed to Wyoming in a covered wagon. He later told me he has lived in the best of time because he got to travel in a covered wagon and in a jet airplane. I miss you, Dad and hope you have found your peace. ❤

@margaretlally9747 10 ай бұрын

What an interesting and sweet tribute to your dad. My dad shared stories with me about adventures in his younger years. His life still fascinates me. Here's to our dads...may they ride the plains, sail the seas, climb the peaks, calm the frightened animals, and smile upon their daughters. Peace...

@thevagabondsageinthewoods 10 ай бұрын

@@margaretlally9747 💕✌️💕😊

@TheSilmarillian 9 ай бұрын

And probably saw much more people don't realize that between the wagon and the Wright brothers and now with jet aircraft cruising the skies it was only a generation or so ago. Interesting handle the vagabondwitchinthewoods classic indeed just checked your page subscribed off grid remote rural here .

@thevagabondsageinthewoods 9 ай бұрын

@@TheSilmarillian nice meeting you. 😊

@gb3376 8 ай бұрын

He died at 7? How were you born?

@n8tediesel 4 жыл бұрын

Rip to Luis and Salvador for trying to help and save them.

@lizpavlovic2120 4 жыл бұрын

yeah they tried to help and they end up being eaten

@jimgoulet3035 3 жыл бұрын

@@lizpavlovic2120 Bad enough eating the dead , worse to kill the men to eat them!

@mochiebellina8190 3 жыл бұрын

They were a tasty morsel

@ambersmalley6619 3 жыл бұрын

I second that, rip luis and salavdor

@m118lr 2 жыл бұрын

..Amen

@TheFreakout74 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Documentary great work. Don't listen to the haters. You did great work here and this needs to be remembered

@rexamian8708 10 ай бұрын

Watched this from beginning to end. Excellent. Thanks…U.K.

@Truth.is.out.there3200 Жыл бұрын

Probably the best I’ve seen of such a tragic story. No one alive today could possibly understand what that must have been like to live through !

@fluffles9591 Жыл бұрын

At least us people in 1st world countries don't, rest of the world still probably does

@cruisepaige 11 ай бұрын

@@fluffles9591my thought exactly. What a silly comment.

@harleymanifesto1907 6 ай бұрын

Name one @@fluffles9591

@SansAI0 10 ай бұрын

Great research and nicely arranged storyboard. I am an ancestor of the Donner party and would not take kindly to anyone who says we wouldn’t do it again. Humans survive. That’s what we do.

@SFRProductions 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. This was one of my first videos I made about 20 years ago. I know some of the Breen family, they settled in San Benito County

@DonnaBrooks 18 күн бұрын

If you were an ancestor, you'd be dead. Ancestors are the people who came before someone. THEY were YOUR ancestors; you are their DESCENDENT. If you are telling the truth, that is. Who, specifically, was your ancestor? You can't be a descendent of the Donner PARTY because that's meaningless.

@ambonecomb9643 14 күн бұрын

Ancestor? You must be mighty old.. 250 years?😮

@SansAI0 12 күн бұрын

@@ambonecomb9643 🤣

@davidj4662 4 жыл бұрын

I like how easily people complain about free content. No class. Myself, I thought it was a pretty good production.

@d.bruckner3459 3 жыл бұрын

It was very informative .

@LordMaxwellx 3 жыл бұрын

This isn't content

@Udontsay948 3 жыл бұрын

Lord Maxwell Why is it not "content"?

@steverowe1728 3 жыл бұрын

Very good

@racheallange2056 3 жыл бұрын

i think it's a damned great job...I could not do this...

@catmccabe400 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate anything about the Donner Party ❤️ Love Ken Burns

@katherinea.williams3044 4 жыл бұрын

I’m highly discerning in what I watch and he’s on my list of favorite directors and has been for decades. Love & Light from Miami✨✌🏼 Stay safe🌎

@Scipio_Americanus 10 ай бұрын

Ken Burns never did any work on the Dinner Party. Lol

@SatSun-op9dp 4 ай бұрын

Ken Burns’ brother did the Donner party documentary.

@refuge42 4 ай бұрын

I think Ken Burns is great and didn't realize he had a brother but I don't think either of them worked on this particular documentary I could be wrong. And I thought the documentary was well done! ❤

@jupiter8512 4 жыл бұрын

Great documentary, very informative and rich in details, wish you all the best.

@VelcroKittie 8 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating. I am Irish, and married to a Californian girl. As you might have guessed we live in London city. A few years ago we took a road trip in the U.S and drove through a part of Nevada where the Donner Party would have passed. Not sure why, but the conversation came up tonight which in turn led us to watch this video. Harrowing is the only word I can think of. Man it makes me very grateful for what we have!

@tumblevveed3586 8 жыл бұрын

It defiantly is fascinating. Its amazing what they went through to settle out west and the choices they had to make during this long journey and getting stuck in blizzard after blizzard near the end of the journey. And to think now one can jump on a plane in NY and be in LA California in like 6 hours on a nonstop flight is crazy.

@VelcroKittie 8 жыл бұрын

HA! I was thinking that very thing when I watched it! Just hope on a plane and you're into LAX in no time!

@VelcroKittie 8 жыл бұрын

@Richard - Was there any particular reason they were so interested in settling out West? Did it have something to do with gold and prosperity in general?

@tomthi3553n 7 жыл бұрын

Aidan Parle part of it was for health reasons. the last unexplored territory and finding something new...this was before the california gold rush, so there weren't as many established trails.

@jackjelf07 7 жыл бұрын

Aidan Parle London City? 😂😂😂

@southerndelight54 7 жыл бұрын

VERY well done and SO informative! Thank you very much for sharing this documentary. You have managed to make these people come alive.

@madhatter1384 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your hard work making this free for us to enjoy. Very informative. Thoroughly enjoyed this!

@dogmomma4019 4 жыл бұрын

I am a native to northern California. I am also a 21st century gold miner with a claim on the yuba river. I grew up in San Ramon and one of the harlan disedents also stayed local. There is an old cemetery on the boarded of San Ramon and Dublin that has the graves of some of the party members who made it through and there is a historic home on San Ramon Valley Blvd that i believe was built by the Harlan family when they settled in this area and valley

@pho3nix- 5 жыл бұрын

Watched the entire thing, thank you.

@flashhog01 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, very informative and well done. Narrator did a terrific job, the childish comments mocking him are just that: childish.

@helloyall4355 4 жыл бұрын

They're toddler's who do such crap as that. Trying to get attention. I love this history lesson.

@downfromtherafters1013 4 жыл бұрын

Very well done.

@GLK-London 6 жыл бұрын

Hardship one cannot imagine. Thank you for sharing this informative documentary

@renataostertag6051 3 жыл бұрын

My sincerest condolences go to Louis and Salvador, the two Indians, that helped the pioneers, but were murdered and cannibalized by those that they helped. The narrator was excellent! Thank you. It's the best documentation I have seen so far on the Donner Party.

@domtanko7160 3 жыл бұрын

Dark meat is the juiciest

@jason60chev 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they were mercifully killed?

@spookygirl7761 2 жыл бұрын

no on both. geez people 😮.

@roscojayco5527 Жыл бұрын

@@jason60chev they shouldnt have been murdered at all. They were there to help a bunch of ungrateful sadistic cannibals. Those savages were allegedly the first settlers in cali, no wonder its fucked up. Pure greed

@scubasteev Жыл бұрын

Natives, they weren't from India. But if the other Natives hadn't shot many of their livestock, maybe a few more would have made it.

@livingabovethe12th 7 жыл бұрын

it's amazing with a documentary what a huge difference the narrator makes in one's ability to watch it. You don't tend to notice narrators until they're not good

@MollyMolotov666Audio 4 жыл бұрын

This was awesome! Thanks for sharing. I'm so inspired to read more!

@patrooney2283 7 жыл бұрын

Very informative, more so than most of the other posts regarding the Donners, thank you!!

@TheItalianTrash Жыл бұрын

At least Sarah Keyes age 70 who perished on the trail at Alcove Springs, Kansas still made it further than I did whenever I played Oregon Trail. Props!

@seanbaskett5506 10 ай бұрын

I always die of dysentery

@TheItalianTrash 10 ай бұрын

@@seanbaskett5506 My son died from a broken arm. How pathetic is that? I guess sometimes it's better for nature to take its course.

@refuge42 4 ай бұрын

Touche! 😂

@bluecanary1note 4 жыл бұрын

A well made documentary. Thanks.

@bobwilliams5506 3 жыл бұрын

Well done documentary. I have read several books about the Donner Party. This is as good as anything I have read.

@francinecordova8038 4 ай бұрын

My dad was born in 1908 and got to watch a man walk on the moon. He cried. I miss my dad also❤

@court5231 3 жыл бұрын

Great job on this video! Thank you for sharing it!

@manbearpig2164 4 жыл бұрын

They were taken to Johnson's Ranch in Wheatland, Donner party rescue site on Bear River , my grandfather and uncle rediscovered it in 1980s, using old maps, diaries and a metal detector. They wrote a book about called "The Donner Party Rescue Site" sadly my grandfather passed away December 2019.

@ws2228 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting, thx.

@dogmomma4019 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information!

@desertwildflower2294 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a great documentary!

@jeastwood2737 6 жыл бұрын

Most of the comments here are people complaining about the voices and sounds.. Yes they sound like high school or colleges students ...and they might well be. .. That's what KZfaq is about... everyone can post videos here, within reason... I think people are too programmed to think that everything has to sound like a soundtrack to a movie... and half the time even the professional mixed soundtracks are terrible... too quiet and then too loud, or music too loud or it the music is louder than the voices ... and this is common for the past 30 years.. poor mixing... yet nobody complains... I watched the entire thing and enjoyed it ... It sounded to me like people sitting around the campfire reading from the diaries, and I could understand every word they spoke ... Simple, factual ,... Well done

@dogmomma4019 4 жыл бұрын

I don't mind the narration at all. I am not here for that, I am here to hear more of this famous story. As a native California an a gold miner, I know this history well, however this was very well done and I learnt some new details (like for example the Christmas meal Mrs. Reed made, to just list one.)

@cynthiaredenius8507 3 жыл бұрын

Just the movie and stop bitching

@18000rpm 3 жыл бұрын

Very well done and informative. Good job.

@hopeiseternal3294 6 жыл бұрын

Weird, I like the narrator!

@mickigoe 10 жыл бұрын

Great film , Scott. A clear detailing of this sad expedition. The roll call of survivors and victims , at the end , is very helpful.

@michaeligoe3935 10 жыл бұрын

Donna Brooks Absolutely right. I've read "Ordeal by Hunger" and have seen the Ken Burns film but am still confused by the bewildering cast of characters. But it's a powerful story of incredile heroism. The cannibalism becomes a fringe matter ..... almost a triviality .... when set against the mindboggling bravery and resilience of these wonderful ordinary people who trailblazed west in the teeth of such monstrous obstacles. As somebody who frets about having to use public transport , I just cannot conceive of facing into deserts and mountain ranges on an oxcart !!! For eight months :)

@martinbones681 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Igoe it's important to realize they they did not set out to spend 8 to 10 months on an oxcart, but rather 4 months max.

@court5231 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I loved the list of people at the end also!

@abrooksize 4 жыл бұрын

I thought this was wonderfully done, and chock-full of smaller pieces of information that Donner party followers don't know.

@dogmomma4019 4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@court5231 3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@Steph-kq2of 3 жыл бұрын

Stayed in a cabin near Donner pass. Really beautiful place in the winter.

@amypotter1000 3 жыл бұрын

Great documentary. Thanks!!!

@lindaheyen4402 2 жыл бұрын

I've always been fascinated by the Oregon Trail and its history. Thank you for this documentary, all l can think of is the determination and fortitude of these brave people. Its broke my heart to hear of the suffering. 💔

@izzymart4543 4 жыл бұрын

That mountain ain't no joke in a car and i have driven it in a big rig as well! Bottom line it ain't no joke!

@twstf8905 4 жыл бұрын

Ba dum dum PSSSH 🥁

@scubasteev Жыл бұрын

Try it without roads

@vickyandersen5127 11 ай бұрын

People were staunch back then, their resilience, fortitude, determination, bravery & will to live astounding. Amazed how many little ones survived given the very unpalatable diet.

@richardmcquade9832 11 ай бұрын

Manifest Destiny was just a religious justification for infanticidal and genocidal overall greed and land theft

@cravinbob 11 ай бұрын

Many settlers were attacked by Indians during their journey. Indians had a habit to slaughter every family member except young mothers. These women would be kept among the tribe for some time and then Indians would demand a ransom for the woman's return. Indians killing infants was were they would come to be called "savages". Did settlers act better? Yes but cavalry troops stationed over the west would sometimes wage battles needlessly. A state of mind soldiers in such a vast lonely place and their age and numerous medical conditions can bring out the worst in a 19 year old. Studies of the skeletons of Custer's troops revealed most had compressed discs in low back and rotten teeth. Hot and dry summers freezing winters most were from Europe and Scandavian countries, spoke little English and had the worst sickness of all- home sickness. I have the writing of a few ancestors who made the journey walking next to a wagon from the Carolinas to Kansas or Oklahoma. You had to leave at the right time of year or risk getting stranded in blizzards which are bad on the plains and can start in September. The Donner party if it was not mentioned here took a day off before heading into the Sierra's. One day cost them a lot as did the shortcut! And most soldiers in the Civil War died of diarrhea (and horses were ridden to death and the stench of them rotting...) never mind actually being shot. A 30 second amputation without pain killers with a saw that was cleansed by wiping it on an apron. Bacteria was unknown...It was not resilience or fortitude they had but it is what they were told to do. Not about slavery either!

@johnklinger943 4 ай бұрын

My great grandparents on my mother’s side were born in 1890 and came to California from Ireland 🇮🇪. I went to high school in Truckee, California I watching this for my second time now! Excellent work!! Best I have seen

@cathydoyle8804 3 жыл бұрын

I thought this was very informative and interesting. So was a good video

@susanhlavaty9500 9 ай бұрын

This was the best coverage I've seen. Thank you . Very well done

@SFRProductions 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. This was one of my first videos I made about 20 years ago. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@songbird5266 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing the actual terrain. Saves me having to figure out how to find it myself.

@eadecamp 3 жыл бұрын

So heartbreaking. Great documentary, focusing on the whole trip, not the shock value of the cannibalism like so many others. I think Elizabeth Graves was the last living member of the Donner Party; she died in 1930.

@sweetheart_cosplays 2 жыл бұрын

It was Patty Reed. Her doll is preserved in a museum in Sacramento

@GarethWonfor 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent. As most others i would suspect I came here after watching the 'American Experience' documentary... some really interesting extra information and insights into the characters... Virginia Reed especially. Thanks for sharing.

@lisamorris9765 2 жыл бұрын

Great documentary, I was born in Truckee, CA. My father's family is from this area for 3 generations. It is a beautiful place to visit in the summer. Thank you again

@therange4033 4 жыл бұрын

Such is the desire to LIVE, humanity will do anything.

@sandreawhite7534 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful narrator. The closed captions were not available. I do not hear well but he was so clear I could understand every word. We learned about the Donner Party in school but this covered so much more. Also the pictures were great. Such a tragedy for people that wanted to start a new life.

@m118lr 2 жыл бұрын

..yes, it makes a huge difference to me as well. This was well done…

@sandreawhite7534 Жыл бұрын

@Susan Trayner I don’t know why some videos have it and others don’t. I’m 80% deaf in one ear. When I first started using CC my husband found it annoying. Then when a station does not have it he misses it. You get to where you rely on it. Today’s movies are so action packed and the music and the action are so loud you missed the dialogue they do that on purpose. The older movies you could understand Conversation and dialogue. My daughter always uses CC with her three kids from the minute they started watching TV. She says it helps them with reading. They associate the sound with the written words. It makes sense to me.

@sandreawhite7534 Жыл бұрын

@Susan Trayner I never realized how bad mine was until the pandemic hit and we had to wear masks and I could no longer read lips. It really affected me. I’m sure you felt it too.

@scatdog1 Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t hear shit over the loud obnoxious fiddle !!!

@rdhudon7469 3 жыл бұрын

Good job , I really enjoyed this .

@SeamusHobo 6 жыл бұрын

thanks for this!

@daisycatdaisycat8873 3 жыл бұрын

Great job !!!

@juliusceasar6002 6 жыл бұрын

i actually like the diaries being read by youth

@SophieBird07 3 жыл бұрын

Are there no likes for this vid? I found it very interesting.

@poodledaddles1091 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, loved this!

@LadyOaksNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Thanks 💯💯⚘

@rn33ml 11 ай бұрын

So sad and yet courageous 😢 May they all Rest In Peace 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

@SFRProductions 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video, this was one of my very first videos I made about 20 years ago. I hope you have been able to watch some of our other videos on the channel.

@bobrodeo 8 жыл бұрын

Great Job

@lifeyang2 3 жыл бұрын

I use to be a long haul truck driver. The route seems to me like modern day I-80.

@JohnnyButtons 2 жыл бұрын

Well done bud… great piece of American history documentary.

@dianapippin6658 6 ай бұрын

This is a fine, well done documentary. Thank you for posting this you had all the scenery, history, and the letters and diaries of those that were there. And I appreciate you listing who survived and those that didn't, lest we forget. As far as I am concerned it couldn't have been better.

@beemilk517 5 жыл бұрын

i guess you could say natural bridge is... *truly breathtaking*

@inchhighpi9514 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all of this, I learned so much. All I can say is..WOW they didn't teach this in school. I am going to try to not complain about the snow, being cold or hungry next winter. I will keep you posted.

@romy4593 3 жыл бұрын

A very good documentation and the narrator was great! There are first hand accounts of a pot with human remains found cooking during the relief parties arrival. This was one heinous story and would have been avoided had they prepared dried meats, listened to good advice and avoided this route in the first place!

@jonathanrod7329 10 жыл бұрын

Im learning this stuff so i guess its cool

@TheGeosto 3 жыл бұрын

Do agree that this was a decent video,with well presented information, not sure why people have a problem with it. FYI there are a great series of videos by a gal named WONDERHUSSY where she does a fabulous job of tracking the whole journey from Hastings cutoff to Donner Pass , giving a true sense of the terrain at every point.. You REALLY need to see that 20 oxen team hill....

@relatosunicos 3 жыл бұрын

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@danielkaranja7978 11 ай бұрын

Wanderhussy is also very entertaining!

@toddbonin6926 3 жыл бұрын

Your maps were super helpful.

@ElkoJohn Жыл бұрын

Much obliged for this video.

@KhrissBliss Жыл бұрын

after 1:17 minutes, this vid is TOP NOTCH in info, notably the first half of the journey VERY NICELY DONE

@jbarwick50 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this documentary even if the subject matter was grim! Very well done!

@georgiahorton6600 Жыл бұрын

Great clear narration

@sandidavis820 6 ай бұрын

I love history and every little bit helps the big picture. P.S. I have been there, it is awesome and disquieting.

@racheallange2056 3 жыл бұрын

How many graves have been lost to time along the trails ...May they all RIP...

@mah7961 2 жыл бұрын

They started out with 87 people. Only 45 made it out alive

@robertasmith7780 Жыл бұрын

This needs to have captions available for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing community. Thank you

@Scipio_Americanus 10 ай бұрын

No it doesn't. If you want something with captions, then make it yourself.

@trulypoortbreezy1829 10 ай бұрын

Best donner party video I watched I hope you make more sir

@debrawolleycrochet 11 ай бұрын

My dad took me and my brother to Donner lake. We watched the Donner trip they have at the visitor center. It was scary visiting the Rock the Donner party used as a shelter. Learned alot.

@SFRProductions 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video, this was one of my very first videos I made about 20 years ago. I hope you have been able to watch some of our other videos on the channel.

@refuge42 4 ай бұрын

Likewise I thought this was done. Mostly I listened to it while doing chores and while familiar with the story learned aspects of it I did not know. ❤

@lizziesangi1602 10 жыл бұрын

They really took an awesome chance; so tired and fed up with the woes of their long journey. There's really not much one can say.

@CissyBrazil 11 ай бұрын

One of the historical monuments I find interesting is Chimney Rock. Never knew about it.

@SFRProductions 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video, this was one of my very first videos I made about 20 years ago. I hope you have been able to watch some of our other videos on the channel.

@CissyBrazil 10 ай бұрын

@@SFRProductions yes!

@conniemarschand8636 11 ай бұрын

We followed this Trail, up high , with all the Snow , you could really see the reality the dealt with

@SFRProductions 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video, this was one of my very first videos I made about 20 years ago. I hope you have been able to watch some of our other videos on the channel.

@Blanchy10 10 ай бұрын

Can't hit like for this story. Having spent three winters in Tahoe I can't imagine how bad that was.

@refealibazeta7886 Жыл бұрын

It's funny that people wanted to come to California. Nowadays.people want to leave and move.

@Chief2Moon 3 жыл бұрын

Surely a historical tragedy we're lucky to have missed, nonetheless it leaves many wondering "what would I have done?"

@msbrowngault 3 жыл бұрын

Stayed my ass at home

@Chief2Moon 3 жыл бұрын

MsG. Yep...or choose Florida instead

@elizabethgoodman9290 Жыл бұрын

To save my kids? Anything!!!!

@Tina06019 11 ай бұрын

Stayed in Illinois.

@PoketMon1008 6 жыл бұрын

I'm interested in Donner Party As Well as the past.

@Rusty.1776 2 жыл бұрын

The tragic events that unfolded through their travels for peace and freedom will never be forgotten! I was born and raised, still living less than 10-miles from where they crossed here in Nevada. It is so hard to comprehend the lives they led, less than 200-yrs age to now and all that we have. We've come soo sooo far in a few short generations...❤️🤍💙

@WeRNthisToGetHer 11 ай бұрын

Y'all did a great job on this! Keep up the good work! Just subscribed 👍

@SFRProductions 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and subscribing, this was one of my very first videos I made about 20 years ago. I hope you have been able to watch some of our other videos on the channel.

@Scipio_Americanus 10 ай бұрын

Great documentary

@SFRProductions 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video, this was one of my very first videos I made about 20 years ago. I hope you have been able to watch some of our other videos on the channel.

@Scipio_Americanus 10 ай бұрын

I'll check them out. Thanks

@spezkay81 11 ай бұрын

I found a wagon wheel on the Colombia river when I was a kid hunting with my dad. It was preserved by muddy water. It most likely came from the Oregon trail considering I found it 2 miles from the trail. Pretty cool! Don’t tell on me.

@margaretlally9747 10 ай бұрын

That IS cool. If only that wheel could talk....

@tycotoys 6 ай бұрын

Those Donners sure knew how to party !

@tylertheimagineer6561 4 жыл бұрын

imovie at is greatest! and school children at there best!

@jamiestar81 2 жыл бұрын

Good video. Very sad.

@buckslake86 9 ай бұрын

Great video ❤😊

@SFRProductions 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. This was one of my first videos I made about 20 years ago.

@carolannpacificadam1944 11 ай бұрын

Love anything to do with the donner party Tyvm!!!

@SFRProductions 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video, this was one of my very first videos I made about 20 years ago. I hope you have been able to watch some of our other videos on the channel.

@refuge42 4 ай бұрын

That really is an amazing latitude😊

@jmromero6381 11 ай бұрын

One of the few videos of any kind where the captions match the dialog. Well done.

@UAPReportingCenter Жыл бұрын

Well done

@tompahdea9263 2 жыл бұрын

That introductory statement was a sort of apology. If it happened it happened. wouldn't want to be in that situation but life can throw a situation at you that either you are the story teller afterward or part of the story that others get to tell about. Either way, you get to be part of it.

@marcielynn4886 11 ай бұрын

Always a tender subject.

@tyharris9994 2 жыл бұрын

Good Lord. I don't think I will ever complain about anything again.

@mah7961 2 жыл бұрын

The most messed up thing about this tragedy, is that apparently the donnor and reed party missed passing into Sierra Nevada mountains by one day right before the heavy snowstorm made it impossible for them to get to safety. Had they just decided to either keep moving or maybe not take an extra day off during their journey they probably would have made it.