The Donner Memorial State Park and Emigrant Trail Museum honor one of the darkest moments in American pioneering. Here, you'll find a great stone pedestal commemorating the Donner Party ...

Dave Cooper came to the Black Rock Desert in 2001 as the first BLM Manager for the Black Rock Desert – High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area and 10 associated wilderness areas.

The Donner Party ran into tragedy here and the transcontinental railroad opened the West Coast to emigrants following the Emigrant Trail. Today Truckee’s historic downtown is lined with quaint ...