Between 1840 and 1860, roughly 400,000 people traveled the 2,000-mile path of the Oregon Trail, encountering sickness, death, ...

More than 1% of Americans headed west in one of the largest voluntary mass migrations in human history. It helped define who ...

A historic wagon on display at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City, Ore. A cast re-enacts life on the Oregon Trail at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive ...

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 ...

After several dozen summers wandering the country in a series of VW vans, in 2010 we embarked on a refresher course in American history by following the route of pioneers on the Oregon Trail and ...

LA GRANDE — The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City will soon receive a message from the future. Its author will be La Grande historian Ronnie Allen. Allen will prepare ...

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — On a clear day, the drive up to Mount Hood rarely disappoints. Before Highway 26, covered wagons made the trip over much more rugged terrain on the last overland section of ...

Between 300,000 and 500,000 people traveled to the Pacific Northwest between 1841 and 1884. At least 20,000 travelers died on the trail. The trail affected many Indigenous tribes. Many were forced to ...

LA GRANDE — Four years ago, Dale Counsell and his son, Scott, found an unforgettable link, not to an internet website but to an era when digital technology was still the stuff of science fiction. The ...

Under the bright afternoon sun, teams of excited Hedges Elementary School third-grade pioneers pulling covered wagons rounded the last bend before Dry Bridge Park, or, using their imaginations, the ...