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Oregon Trail Days’ hallmark Saturday Parade brought communities throughout the panhandle together to celebrate the festival’s ...
Although today it is nearly universally forgotten, a segment/connection of the Oregon Trail ran through Lancaster County and ...
Oregon Trail Days’ Kiddie Parade went off without a hitch Friday morning, with creative costumes and floats, giant inflatable ...
The Oregon Trail was estimated to be about 2,170 miles long. Here's how many people traveled it between 1841 and 1884 to settle out west. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...
This year, Oregon is marking the 175th anniversary of the trail, commemorating the first large, organized wagon train that left in late May of 1843 from near Independence, Mo.
The Oregon Trail was once the most widely distributed software in US schools. It gripped a generation and changed gaming forever, but debates rage on about the history it depicts.
When The Oregon Trail came out in 1971, it was unlike any game that had come before.An educational computer game that kids actually wanted to play, it filled with action-packed hunting scenes, RPG ...
The reality: On the actual Oregon Trail, oxen were the best choice for traveling, and they were quite common in 1848, when the video game was set.“Oxen are more durable and cheaper to purchase ...
The best travel memoirs tell three stories at once — about the author, the trip itself and the territory being traveled. In The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (**** out of four), Rinker ...