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 ...

If you thought it was challenging to sit in the car for a seven-hour drive from Eugene/Springfield to Baker City in the northeastern part of Oregon, imagine how difficult it was for emigrants — ...

HERMISTON — As the Columbia Development Authority and U.S. Army work toward transferring the former Umatilla Chemical Depot to local control, Oregon Trail enthusiasts are unhappy with a deal worked ...

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.

BOISE — A wildfire that destroyed nine homes and damaged 10 others in southeast Boise last month also revealed remnants of the Oregon Trail. Members of the Idaho Chapter of the Oregon-California ...

BURLEY • More than 2,000 miles of trail ruts, cut by thousands of emigrant wagons traveling west in the 19th century, still can be seen along the Old Oregon Trail. U.S. 30 generally follows the main ...

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 ...

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 ...