A tour group from the Oregon California Trail Association annual convention waits on the side of the road after their bus breaks down north of Pendleton, Ore. on July 24, 2024. The Oregon Trail may ...

In this undated photo of an Oregon Trail reenactment, a long line of oxen-drawn wagons stops to rest along a trail. In 1878, a 21-year-old Missouri woman, Sarah Elizabeth Butler, kept a diary of her ...

Oregon is a stunning natural beauty. But, buried in its beautiful landscape, there are tragedies from over the years-natural ...

BAKER CITY — Coyote, the storyteller, has taken up residence at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City. And he’s using his voice to share a side of history sometimes ...

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 ...

SCOTTSBLUFF, NE ‒ Johnny and Vicki Blevins stepped out of their pickup and gazed down at the thin ribbon of the old Oregon Trail below them. Over the course of several decades, beginning in the ...

Traveling the Overland Trail during the Colorado gold rush was no easy feat, as guests at Overland Museum’s History Café learned Wednesday. The trail originated in Atchison, Kan., and paralleled the ...

BUXTON, Oregon — There are many ways to explore Oregon’s backroads and byways, and here’s a favorite that you can roll along on a safe Washington County bike trail — plus, enjoy a warm, dry campout ...