One summer, my parents dragged me around the United States, tracing the wagon routes of the Oregon Trail and the Civil War. I was a teenager and did not appreciate confinement in a Ford Granada. We ...
BAKER CITY, Ore. - A cold wind from the Blue Mountains carries the scent of sagebrush as it whips your face. Each step stirs dust on the dry path in this high desert plateau in eastern Oregon, where ...
Wagon rut field researchers Sherrill Beck and Mark Mulvihill are shown here walking the Oregon Trail in the area of Hilgard State Park. The Blue Mountains were by far the most treacherous part of the ...
NYSSA, Ore. -- Wagons carved such deep ruts in some dusty hills on the Oregon Trail that nothing will grow there again. The parallel path of the wheels stretch for miles in those spots, unprotected ...
As I made my way down the Lincoln Highway, the sunsets became more beautiful the farther west I headed across Nebraska. To be honest, I have witnessed more sunsets than sunrises on my journey. Both ...
The wagon wheel ruts left by those who used Capt. John Mullan’s military road more than 150 years ago, remain just as does interest in the path of the road itself. The annual Mullan Road Conference ...
A cold wind from the Blue Mountains carries the scent of sagebrush as it whips your face. Each step stirs dust on the dry path in this high desert plateau in eastern Oregon, where hundreds of ...
This is where you can easily see the wagon trail ruts. The center’s annual Labor Day Weekend Wagon Encampment is one of its biggest events, with costumed volunteers helping visitors understand the ...
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