Donner-Reed Party tragedy

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Donner-Reed_Party_tragedy
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Donner_Party_tragedy
gptkbp:cause delayed by taking Hastings Cutoff
early snowfall
gptkbp:date 1846-1847
gptkbp:departedFrom gptkb:Springfield,_Illinois
gptkbp:destination gptkb:California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Donner-Reed Party tragedy
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Donner_family
gptkb:Reed_family
gptkb:Donner_Party
gptkbp:leader gptkb:George_Donner
gptkb:James_F._Reed
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sierra_Nevada,_California
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Lewis_Keseberg
gptkb:Mary_Donner
gptkb:Virginia_Reed
gptkbp:rescueEfforts four relief parties
gptkbp:rescueEffortsBegan February 1847
gptkbp:resultedIn cannibalism
death of 41 people
gptkbp:route gptkb:Hastings_Cutoff
gptkb:California_Trail
gptkbp:significance one of the most famous tragedies in the history of westward migration
gptkbp:subjectOf books
documentaries
films
gptkbp:survived 45
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Donner_Party_tragedy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7