WHEN: June 20, 2026 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
LOCATION: Alder Creek Donner Party Historical Site.
In the Footsteps of the Donner Party—
Acclaimed journalist, author, and Chautauqua performer, Frank X. Mullen will recount the travails of that 1846-47 winter that stranded unlucky pioneer families. Frank is the author of, “The Donner Party Chronicles: A Day-by-Day Account of the Doomed Wagon Train”.
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