GLENNS FERRY, Idaho — More than 500 miles of the historic Oregon Trail cuts through Southern Idaho. The most dangerous ...
From the long-grass prairie of Kansas to the Columbia Plateau of Oregon, the journey is filled with impressive landmarks and excellent interpretive centers that offer a graduate course in America’s ...
During the summer of 2010, the two of us drove from South Georgia to Rushville, Indiana, for a 50th high school reunion (David’s). Afterward, we headed west to Independence, Missouri, the starting ...
People have undertaken epic journeys in North America for many thousands of years, but only the stories of some have survived long enough to be on the radar of modern inhabitants. We’ll likely never ...
A tour group from the Oregon California Trail Association annual convention waits on the side of the road after their bus breaks down north of Pendleton, Ore. on July 24, 2024. The Oregon Trail may ...
No state is more closely associated with our country’s early westward migration than Nebraska, home to some of the landmarks most frequently noted in emigrant diaries. Jail Rock, Courthouse Rock, ...
"You have died of dysentery." It's a stark message many of those who played The Oregon Trail growing up are familiar with. Death, ostensibly by diarrhea, out in a dusty old wagon train in the middle ...