Cannibalism often takes center stage in the story of the Donner Party, but four long-distance runners are drawing attention to the courage of those who rescued the party’s survivors in 1847.
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Cannibalism often takes center stage in the story of the Donner Party, but four long-distance runners are drawing attention to the courage of those who rescued the party’s survivors in 1847.