On this day in history on February 19, 1847 it was when 89 people from Donner Party witch included 31 members of the Donner and Reed family wore first rescuers reach after getting lost. The group of emigrants wore by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. There journey started in the summer of 1846,  went out on their wagons to the wagon train from Springfield in Illinois. There reason they left there home is because they want to go to California to start out a new life, other moved to because of the gold and free land. Other wore trying to get away from their debts. So this meant that they wanted to get to California as soon as possible and get there fast so after they arrived at Fort Bridger in Wyoming. They had decided to not take the usual route and try a new trail witch was recently made by a California promoter named Lansford Hastings witch they called The Hastings Cutoff. Witch they thought would be a faster route to California. They took this train after they elected George Donner as their captain of the Donner party. When the Donner party took the cutoff on Fort Bridger it was around the middle of July. But to their surprise the shortcut was nothing wasn't anything of what they expect, it wasn't even short at all. The Hastings Cutoff made the Donner Party back nearly three weeks and cost them much of their needed supplies. They suffered  great a lot in the Wasatch Mountains and also on the Great Salt Lake Desert and along the Humboldt River. Once they finally reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains it was in the beginning of October. The group then divided it's self but most of the group stayed near the a lake witch it is now known as Donner Lake. Others like the Donner family and had made a camp that was six miles away. They quickly started running out of food and supplies so they building tents out of their wagons and killing their oxen for food. But fifteen of their stronger people witch are now known as the Forlorn Hope. They l set out west on snowshoes for to find help on December 16. Then finally 2 weeks later after really bad weather and the lack of supplies killed many of the group members. Because of the lack of food this made them do cannibalism. luckily 7 group members wore able to reached a Native American village.Then later on the Sutter’s Fort got the best of the Donner Party and they made rescue party that set out on January 31 and wore able to find them 20 days later. When they wore finally rescued the camp was completely covered with snow on. They wore all in bad conditions and out of the 85 only 45 actually made it to California.
This had a great impact in people back then especially the rescuers how saw the dead people there and also how other people had eaten the others. They might have been scared because they had to good the starving group. They might have feared for their life also from being eaten. However this could have been a great experience for them because they help save others peoples life's. The most important way it impacted them was that it inspired three more rescue parties to help. Then way way this affected them negatively is because this could have got people scared to go on those trails to get to California.
However this had a great affect on us it help improve navigation systems. It also help us be more smarter and prepare ourself for long trips. Other things that improve because of this wore the rescue party's. They way they improve was so they could find a way to save more life faster and for it to be easy to find people that are lost a and need help. This had a great affect on me also because it helped me appreciate the good I get every day. It's also impacts me because it make me feel sorry for these people and gives me courage to help other who need it.