George donner began a perilous journey across the continent, a new and untested route resulted in many unexplored, pected hardships and delays. The wagons were late reached in the sierra nevada. The last barrier on the route to california. Disaster awaited the 87 men, women and children of the donner party early autumn snowstorm. Arms trapped the wagons and they were forced to construct makeshift camps for the winter. The result was extreme suffering and starvation. By the following april, when the last several rescue efforts ended, nearly half of the wagon Party Members had perished. The ordeal drew National Attention sparked by rumors of cannibalism. Still, the tragedy remains a mystery, including the location of the various winter camps. This is the story of one effort to shed new light, one of the most dramatic events in the history of the american west. I am tickled to see that theyre doing this, and this is a real highlight in my life, gives me goose fat, you know . Its really, r
George donner began a perilous journey across the continent, a new and untested route resulted in many unexplored, pected hardships and delays. The wagons were late reached in the sierra nevada. The last barrier on the route to california. Disaster awaited the 87 men, women and children of the donner party early autumn snowstorm. Arms trapped the wagons and they were forced to construct makeshift camps for the winter. The result was extreme suffering and starvation. By the following april, when the last several rescue efforts ended, nearly half of the wagon Party Members had perished. The ordeal drew National Attention sparked by rumors of cannibalism. Still, the tragedy remains a mystery, including the location of the various winter camps. This is the story of one effort to shed new light, one of the most dramatic events in the history of the american west. I am tickled to see that theyre doing this, and this is a real highlight in my life, gives me goose fat, you know . Its really, r
George donner began a perilous journey across the continent, a new and untested route resulted in many unexplored, pected hardships and delays. The wagons were late reached in the sierra nevada. The last barrier on the route to california. Disaster awaited the 87 men, women and children of the donner party early mn snowstorm. Arms trapped the wagons and they were forced to construct makeshift camps for the winter. The result was extreme suffering and starvation. By the following april, when the last several rescue efforts ended, nearly half of the wagon Party Members had perished. The ordeal drew National Attention sparked by rumors of cannibalism. Still, the tragedy remains a mystery, including the location of the various winter camps. This is the story of one effort to shed new light, one of the most dramatic events in the history of the american west. I am tickled to see that theyre doing this, and this is a real highlight in my life, gives me goose fat, you know . Its really, reall
George donner began a perilous journey across the continent, a new and untested route resulted in many unexplored, pected hardships and delays. The wagons were late reached in the sierra nevada. The last barrier on the route to california. Disaster awaited the 87 men, women and children of the donner party early autumn snowstorm. Arms trapped the wagons and they were forced to construct makeshift camps for the winter. The result was extreme suffering and starvation. By the following april, when the last several rescue efforts ended, nearly half of the wagon Party Members had perished. The ordeal drew National Attention sparked by rumors of cannibalism. Still, the tragedy remains a mystery, including the location of the various winter camps. This is the story of one effort to shed new light, one of the most dramatic events in the history of the american west. I am tickled to see that theyre doing this, and this is a real highlight in my life, gives me goose fat, you know . Its really, r
Welcome to the second session very Exciting Panel Discussion about television, entertainment and the white house. My name is Katherine Kramer brownell. I am an associate professor of history at Purdue University ity. I am a historian of modern american politics and. I have written extensively about the relation ship between the presidency and Popular Culture. Include my new book, which i will shamelessly plug because of this ongoing, which is called 24 7 cable television. The fragmenting of america from watergate to fox news. The book explores the political strategy behind the president ial embrace of programs like mtv news. And so im just thrilled to be moderating this conversation, which looks at the other side of the equation, how television has portrayed the american presidency and the impact that this has had on Civic Knowledge and engagement. To dig into these questions, i am thrilled to introduce my panelist who are incredibly distant distinguished in their careers their full bi