Independence, Missouri to Oregon City—a 2,000‑mile trek across plains, mountains, and danger, where oxen-pulled wagons carried dreams and death. Pioneers braved cholera, river rapids, and the unknown ...

The Oregon Trail was a challenge, to say the least, but its most dangerous crossing has evolved into one of the most beautiful parks in the Gem State.

Although today it is nearly universally forgotten, a segment/connection of the Oregon Trail ran through Lancaster County and ...

Rescue on the Oregon Trail Kate Messner, illus. by Kelley McMorris. Scholastic, $17.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-545-63915-6 ...