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 ...

For many us, the storied Oregon Trail mainly exists in vintage computer games and old history books. But for those who wish to walk the path of the pioneers, Oregon, not surprisingly, is a playground.

Between 1840 and 1860, 300,000 to 400,000 Americans moved west on covered wagons for 2,100 miles across the Oregon and California trails. In those two decades they transformed our nation and endured ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A ride-sharing company and an Oregon state tourism group are offering free wagon rides in downtown Portland to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Oregon Trail. The East ...

The game’s Steam page begins its description by saying, “Winter 1845 – As the Wagon Leader you were supposed to get everyone to Oregon City already. But the air is getting colder and your party has ...

Anyone who’s gone to grade school in the last several decades knows this journey cold: You’re riding down the dusty Oregon Trail in your covered wagon, merrily fording streams and setting up camp, ...

Apr 22, 2016 Apr 22, 2016 Updated Dec 13, 2018 0 HERMISTON — A piece of the Oregon Trail rolled to Highland Hills Elementary School on Friday as the Meyers family brought a covered wagon to help ...

Like most kids who grew up in this state, I spent hours playing The Oregon Trail, where most of the time my pioneer avatar was undergoing a slow, pixelated death. The computer game helped educate ...

BOISE, Idaho — We like to take a peek into Idaho history here on the 208. And as you know, Idaho's history has a lot to do with the Oregon Trail. It ran right through Boise thanks to a little detour ...

Where does the mighty Willamette River begin? The Middle Fork Trail tries to answer that question by following the river’s main stem up a remote Cascade Range canyon. An easy hike on that route visits ...

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 ...

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 ...