50 minutes
Join a Donner Memorial State Park Interpreter sharing stories of people who came through the Donner Lake area in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Listen to accounts of the first peoples, The Washoe, to the immigrants that dared to cross the treacherous Sierra crest. Some of the settlers were successful and became heroes (Stephens-Townsend- Murphy Company) while others struggled and became trapped by snow (The Donner Party). This interactive program is designed for 4th - 8th grade audiences.