What was the Oregon Trail? The historic Oregon trail was a dangerous 2,000-mile trip starting in Independence, Missouri, and ending in Oregon City, Oregon. Much of the route was established by Lewis ...

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 ...

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

As scenic train rides go, it would be a plum ticket. Pacific Northwest passenger rail buffs are gathering in La Grande, Oregon, this Saturday to drum up support to bring back part of a long ago ...

Producer: Tom Banse As scenic train rides go, it would be a plum ticket. Pacific Northwest passenger rail buffs are gathering in La Grande, Oregon, this Saturday to drum up support to bring back part ...

Who wouldn't want to hike 700 miles across Oregon's desert? Well, maybe not all at once. The Bend-based is wrapping up its second summer of field work on the 700-mile Oregon Desert Trail, which will ...

What was the Oregon Trail? The historic Oregon Trail was a dangerous 2,000-mile trip westward across much of the United States. Much of the route was established by Lewis and Clark between 1803 and ...