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 ...

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 ...

The sun is low over Wyoming's South Pass, pinkening the western sky that called thousands of pioneers over this 20-mile basin between high, grassy slopes. It's beautiful and historic, and the aroma 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 ...

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 ...

BAKER CITY, Ore. - 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 ...