Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high (2,151 m) mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles... 21 KB (2,127 words) - 16:25, 20 March 2024 |
The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest... 93 KB (13,359 words) - 10:37, 24 April 2024 |
then climbs to Donner Pass from where the entire lake may be viewed. Both the lake and the pass were named after the ill-fated Donner Party, which wintered... 8 KB (773 words) - 02:13, 28 April 2024 |
Tahoe Donner Downhill is a small ski resort with five ski lifts and 14+ trails, in Truckee, California 4.5 mi (7.2 km) northeast of Donner Pass. There... 2 KB (57 words) - 01:55, 10 March 2024 |
Pass, a mountain pass in California Donner Ski Ranch on Donner Summit, California Donner und Blitzen River, a freshwater river in Oregon Mount Donner... 2 KB (263 words) - 19:58, 20 January 2024 |
Donner Memorial State Park is a state park of California, US, preserving the site of the Donner Camp, where members of the ill-fated Donner Party were... 15 KB (1,187 words) - 17:11, 27 February 2024 |
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival is a 1978 American historical drama television film about the Donner Party, directed by James L. Conway, written by S... 5 KB (261 words) - 15:21, 5 March 2024 |
I-80, Donner Pass, and the Nevada border. It is in the Tahoe National Forest not far off the Pacific Crest Trail, and adjacent to Castle Pass. It was... 5 KB (356 words) - 09:27, 19 November 2023 |
Donner Peak is an 8,019-foot-elevation (2,444 meter) summit in Placer County, California, United States. Donner Peak is located one mile southeast of... 7 KB (643 words) - 16:42, 9 February 2024 |
by Martin Ritt, who encouraged Donner to become a director instead. Ritt hired Donner as his assistant. Later, Donner was on the staff of Desilu, where... 32 KB (2,429 words) - 10:34, 12 April 2024 |
Donner Party timeline provides an almost day-to-day basic description of events directly associated with the 1846 Donner Party pioneers, covering the journey... 50 KB (7,404 words) - 19:24, 4 April 2024 |
rescue for the broader Donner Party (the film chooses to focus on a select few characters, while in the real-life background the Donner-Reed Party considered... 12 KB (1,584 words) - 06:48, 21 March 2024 |
USS Donner (LSD-20) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named for the Sierra Nevada Donner Pass, where the Donner Party... 9 KB (637 words) - 18:56, 3 April 2023 |
was later named Donner Pass. The crossing was a year before the third expedition of John Charles Fremont, two years before the Donner Party, and five... 14 KB (1,703 words) - 10:23, 25 April 2024 |
California Trail (redirect from Henness Pass Road) of the original Lincoln Highway over Donner summit built in about 1925 climbed the eastern Sierra to Donner Pass with multiple steep switchbacks. Today... 214 KB (31,614 words) - 19:32, 14 March 2024 |
the plow. In areas of particularly deep snowfall, such as California's Donner Pass, railroads sometimes created a train consisting of a rotary snowplow... 14 KB (1,641 words) - 07:05, 10 January 2024 |
"Donner Pass: Southern Pacific's Sierra Crossing". Donner Summit Historical Society. Retrieved November 10, 2020. Signor, John (1985). Donner Pass :... 7 KB (552 words) - 08:42, 14 February 2024 |
was used hauling SP's trains over the Sierra Nevada, often working on Donner Pass in California. Today it is preserved at the California State Railroad... 9 KB (693 words) - 19:49, 23 March 2024 |
mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California. Its summit, located north of Donner Pass and Interstate 80, is the highest point in Nevada County. It is also... 3 KB (230 words) - 19:04, 7 November 2021 |
Nevada pass at 5,221 feet (1,591 m)) Carson Pass Devil's Gate Pass Donahue Pass Donner Pass (pass of the Donner Party and Lincoln Highway) Donner Summit... 43 KB (3,236 words) - 11:09, 27 March 2024 |
Beckwourth Pass which is at an elevation of only 5,000 feet (1,500 m), as opposed to the 7,000 feet (2,100 m) elevation of the Donner Pass route; also... 5 KB (346 words) - 21:02, 19 February 2024 |
feet (440 meters) above Donner Lake in two miles. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses the peak, providing an approach from Donner Pass. This landform's toponym... 7 KB (685 words) - 04:49, 28 June 2023 |
Truckee, California (section Donner Party) Americans passed through Truckee, but there is Washoe people oral history of the Donner Party tragedy of the winter of 1846–47. The Donner Party ordeal... 40 KB (4,152 words) - 19:44, 28 February 2024 |
Norden, California (redirect from Donner, California) transcontinental railroad, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Donner Pass. Near Norden is the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort and Donner Ski Ranch, located in nearby Placer County... 6 KB (284 words) - 04:52, 31 July 2023 |