TRUCKEE – California state parks officials have decided to abandon the idea of constructing a museum near the eastern shore of Donner Lake after meeting with officials. “We all decided that building ...

Who were the Donners? The Donner Party was heading from Illinois to California in 1846. Sadly, the group arrived in the Sierra Nevada Mountains too late to pass through and was stranded in the heavy ...

A new museum at Donner Memorial State Park in California’s Sierra Nevada region is slated to open in 2009. Exhibits in the 9,100-square-foot building will focus on Native American life, railroad ...

Plans for a new museum at Donner Memorial State Park continue to move forward. Construction of the High Sierra Crossing Museum, which will replace the existing museum in the state park, could begin as ...

The snow that makes the Tahoe/Truckee region so desirable for skiers is also what proved to be treacherous for the Donner Party. Forty-two of an estimated 91 pioneers and their Indian guides died ...

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — California parks officials say Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget would make it possible to nearly double the operating hours planned at a new visitor’s center and museum at ...