Plan your Oregon Trail road trip with this guide to National Park sites, historic wagon ruts, and outdoor adventures across ...

Survival on the Oregon Trail depended on durable, long-lasting food supplies. These staples reveal how pioneers adapted their ...

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 ...

Every Wednesday in Mrs. Keller’s fifth-grade classroom at Dunsmuir Elementary in Northern California, my friends and I clamored for a spot at the computer to play The Oregon Trail, a historical game ...

If you're a baker and a history buff, you should know that you can own a piece of American history with a sourdough starter that traveled the Oregon Trail.

GLENNS FERRY, Idaho — More than 500 miles of the historic Oregon Trail cuts through Southern Idaho. The most dangerous crossing along the route is a section of the Snake River in Glenns Ferry. Weather ...

Gameloft has officially brought all of the fun, education, and 1800s diseases from their modern version of The Oregon Trail over to PlayStation consoles this week. This is the current version of the ...

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 ...

A long, long time ago in Minneapolis, this question loomed over a small group of eighth-graders. Appearing on a teletype machine—basically a primitive computer keyboard connected to a printer—at ...

The Oregon Trail game blends history, strategy, and survival, challenging players to guide a pioneer party safely to Oregon. Victory relies on thoughtful planning, resource control, and quick ...

Survival games like DayZ, Rust, The Long Dark, and The Day Before owe it all to The Oregon Trail, the defining text-based educator launched all the way back in 1971. Naturally, over the last 51 years, ...

After three months, over 2,400 miles and four pairs of shoes, one Oregon man’s journey to hike the entirety of the Oregon Trail is complete. Donald “Dundee” Martin began his hike back in April and ...