You have died of dysentery. These are five words familiar to anyone who has attempted to caulk a wagon and ford rivers en route to the Willamette Valley. Oregon Trail not only taught generations of ...

Francis Parkman’s 1849 book “The Oregon Trail” recounted the author’s harrowing travels through America’s frontier, including an 1846 stop in a burgeoning western Missouri community: “Westport was ...

The Bozeman Trail was an offshoot of the Oregon Trail, a shortcut to the newly discovered gold fields of Montana Territory. Cutting through the heart of Indian country. It became a flash point for ...

Oregon's wildfire season has been busy this ... The Pacific Crest Trail is closed north of the junction with Indian Springs ...