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August 12, 2025 55 mins

In part one of this two part installment, we revisit the Donner Party in their fateful crossing of the United States. We chronicle the beginning of the fellowship between the Donners and Reeds, their ill-timed ascent into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the blistering walk through the Great Salt Lake Desert.

Fraught with dangerous roads, catastrophic setbacks, and most famously, cannibalism, this is an episode you'll want to bite into.

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