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May 12 - Let's discuss what went on today

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222527) • United States 11 May 19

Happy Mother's Day! National Veal Ban Action Day 1846 - The Donner Party departs Independence, Missouri for California 1928 - Burt Bacharach was born. He is an American singer/songwriter, pianist, producer and composer. He...

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Would you partake in cannibalism?

wanblygaleshka @wanblygaleshka (72) • United States 29 Mar 08

I heard a report on the radio news the other day about the Donner Party, who spent the winter at the top of the Sierra Nevada mountains, in what is known today as "Donner Pass". It was an extremely brutal winter and they couldn't...

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The Donner Party: could the tragedy have been prevented?

Woodpigeon @Woodpigeon (3710) • Ireland 22 Apr 07

The Donner Party was a group of California-bound settlers who set out on their famous trip in the 1846. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, some of the group was forced into cannibalism....

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