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 ...

What was the Oregon Trail? The historic Oregon Trail was a dangerous 2,000-mile trip westward across much of the United States. Much of the route was established by Lewis and Clark between 1803 and ...

The Dyrt has created guides to the 7 most iconic U.S. road trips, including the best places to camp on each route.

Between 1840 and 1860, 300,000 to 400,000 Americans moved west on covered wagons for 2,100 miles across the Oregon and California trails. In those two decades they transformed our nation and endured ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...