Saturday, July 27 2024: … … Found At Donner Memorial State Park => A Statue Honoring The Donner Party Of 1846.
…The Brass Plaque Says => THRILL TO RISK AND FIND; KINDLY WITHAL AND A READY HELP. FACING THE BRUNT OF FATE: INDOMITABLE -- UNAFRAID.

…This California State Park is located by Donner Lake and centered around the Pioneer Monument. This bronze memorial depicts three settlers looking West, and stands atop a 22 foot stone pedestal erected on the on the site of one of the cabins used by the infamous Donner Party during the winter of 1846. The park has recreational activities and a visitor's center with a museum chronically the history of the area from the time of the Native Americans to the modern day.
Location of Memorial:
…Truckee, California
Historical Subject:
…The Donner Party were a group of pioneers bound for California during the first wave of Westward expansion but prior to the Gold Rush. The Donner Party deviated from the establish Oregon Trail, opting for a more southernly route that took them through the Sierra Nevada. They became trapped in the mountains beside what is now called Donner Lake during one of the worst winter's in the history of the region. Trapped for months with little food and no chance of rescue, members of the party eventually resorted to cannibalism to survive. Rescue eventually arrived in early spring, and the surviving members of the party settled across the state. Although the rescue parties had burned what remained after the winter, the story spread, and eventually, a memorial was erected on the site of one of the cabins.

…Donner Memorial State Park, With Eight Excellent Photos. Click Here.

NOTE: An Even Closer, Close-Up, Of The Statue Is Seen NEXT Photo.

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