Donner Party member James Reed and his family carried muster rolls with Lincoln's name on them among their treasured heirlooms, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum said in a ...

Illinois | Historical/GettyImages While working as a lawyer in Springfield, Abraham Lincoln continued his friendship with James Reed, one of the principal members of the Donner-Reed Party.

Disturbing accounts of cannibalism are usually what come to mind with mention of the Donner Party, the ill-fated ... In between plaques quoting President Abraham Lincoln at a kiosk on the plaza ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Researchers have discovered that a document including Abraham Lincoln's writing from the 1830s traveled with the doomed Donner Party which set out for the West from ...

One of the surprises in the book is that, if history had turned out differently, Abraham Lincoln might have died with the Donner Party. How did he connect to this story? That’s one of my ...

commemorated its 175th anniversary Wednesday by donating an original Rancho El Tejon land grant deed bearing the authorized signature of President Abraham Lincoln to the Autry Museum of the ...