HOW DID THEY SHAPE THE WEST? BY DAVID CAMPBELL

THE DONNER PARTY WERE IN THE WEST IN 1846-1847

THEY CAME TO THE WEST TO GET AWAY FROM ILLINOIS AND FIND BETTER LAND

HALF OF THEM DIED OF STARVATION AND FROSTBITE IN THE HARSH WINTER

THEY SETTLED IN CALIFORNIA BUT MOST OF THE GROUP DIDNT MAKE IT

JAMES REED: THE LEADER AND HIS WIFE MARGRET REED

A GROUP OF PEOPLE TRIED TO MAKE IT TO THE WEST BUT HALF OF THEM DIED

THE DONNER PARTY HAD TO EAT OTHER HUMANS TO SURVIVE THE WINTER AND NOT TO STARVE