Episode 2 of 2

Relief Party Arrival

When: February 1847
Where: Sierra Nevada mountains
Part of: Donner Party stranded by snow in the Sierra Nevada

Rescuers from California reached the survivors in mid-February 1847, nearly four months after the party was trapped in the Sierra Nevada.

Rescuers attempted to reach the migrants, but the first relief party did not arrive until the middle of February 1847. This occurred almost four months after the wagon train became trapped in the snowbound Sierra Nevada.

Sources

Donner Party Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05

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