The Oregon Trail road trip starts in Cannon Beach on the rugged coast of Oregon and takes you through Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York before finally ...

Wagon rut field researchers Sherrill Beck and Mark Mulvihill are shown here walking the Oregon Trail in the area of Hilgard State Park. The Blue Mountains were by far the most treacherous part of the ...

Retracing the return trip of Lewis and Clark was fun and educational, but the trip west following the Oregon Trail was magical and proved to be the best road trip of our lives. Meriwether Lewis and ...

PENDLETON — Since the first major migration to Oregon in 1843, Oregon Trail ruts have become the growing fascination of thousands of historians, authors, teachers, and students across the nation. But ...

During the summer of 2010, the two of us drove from South Georgia to Rushville, Indiana, for a 50th high school reunion (David’s). Afterward, we headed west to Independence, Missouri, the starting ...