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 ...
The Oregon Trail might do that too ... Meek's Cutoff doesn't feature companions dying of dysentery every few days, or wagons stuck in a river. They just need water. And they don't have it.
Carpinteria resident Laura Sanchez and her family did their best to preserve a chapter of that story, dating back more than ...
On Feb. 4, 1846, a year and a half after the deaths of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, the first families left Nauvoo, Illinois ...
Disney on Ice has made its triumphant return to Grand Rapids. This year's show is called "Into the Magic" and that’s exactly ...
Fans of Yellowstone couldn't get enough of 1923 and we know why. We saw how much the earlier generation of the Duttons ...
Francis Parkman’s 1849 book “The Oregon Trail” recounted the author’s harrowing travels ... you couldn’t get across until 4 o’clock in the afternoon. When the wagon trains started moving out West, ...
Oregon also lacks clear state rules spelling ... selling the power to utilities and other large electricity users. Wagon Trail Solar, a recently approved 7,450-acre project right next to Sunstone ...
Francis Parkman’s 1849 book “The Oregon Trail” recounted the author’s ... across until 4 o’clock in the afternoon. When the wagon trains started moving out West, when the boats were ...
"There's an old family legend that when my grandfather was a boy, he lost a $10 gold coin somewhere in the yard," Tami Nuxall told Newsweek.
The ranch’s history dates back to the 1800s when it earned its namesake from numerous wagons on the nearby Oregon Trail that broke its hounds (the portion of the wagon that connects the axle and ...
Protesters called on federal lawmakers to stop what they see as a power grab by President Donald Trump and his allies.