Product Description: In 1846, the eighty-seven members of the Donner Party left Illinois to begin a new life in California. Many pioneers made this journey, but the Donner Party faced delays and terrible misfortune. Trapped with few supplies in the snowy Sierra Nevada for the winter, what would the travelers do to survive?To understand the impact of a disaster, you must understand its causes...read more

Product Description: In 1846, travelers heading for California became trapped high in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada. Snowdrifts surrounded their shelters, and food supplies dwindled. How they stayed alive remains one of the most gruesome stories in US history...read more

Product Description: Imagine leaving your home and moving across the country to a new life on the unknown frontier. Thats exactly what members of the Donner Party were trying to do in the mid-1800s when they traveled out west, chasing their dreams of a better life...read more

Memoirs of an American prima donna (1913). This book, "Memoirs of an American prima donna", by Clara Louise Kellogg, is a replication of a book originally published before 1913. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

Product Description: On January 24, 1848, a man working near Sutters Mill in California spotted a few small gold nuggets in the American River. This discovery led thousands of people to move the west. However, looking for gold proved to be dangerous work...read more

Describes how the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, California, sparked a movement of people to California from around the country and the world.

Briefly discusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, using first-hand accounts.