Over 175 years ago, adventurers who wanted to travel west began making their way across the Oregon Trail. According to NebraskaStudies.org, approximately one whole month of their four-month trip was ...

KEARNEY — A simple historic marker from more than a century ago can help with the understanding of central Nebraska’s history. The Archway to celebrate 107th anniversary of sign where Oregon ...

KEARNEY — A few opportunities remain to register for tours and other events that are part of the 2014 Oregon-California Trails Association Convention in Kearney this week.

Ezra Meeker’s crusade is credited for reawakening awareness of the Oregon Trail in the early 20th century. In the process, he erroneously linked Omaha to the trail and others took ...

As we begin our trek westward from Independence, Missouri, the first real destination was Fort Kearney in what is known today as Nebraska. In the mid-1840s, this land was all part of the great ...

Preservation groups are discussing how to protect a portion of the Oregon-California Trail in Nebraska during construction of an electrical transmission line.