when the first major wagon train departed from Missouri, according to History. The first to fully travel what would become known as the Oregon Trail was fur trader Robert Stuart in 1812 and 1813 ...

Luper Pioneer Cemetery is one of Eugene’s oldest cemeteries, predating Memorial Day itself. The cemetery was established in ...

The Oregon Trail’s history has much more to offer than a retelling ... The reality is that women were integral to the movement of the wagon train. While men led the way, women prepared and packed the ...

In 1845, The Dalles -- the south bank of the Columbia River -- was effectively the stopping point for the Oregon Trail ...

In this undated photo of an Oregon Trail reenactment ... She used initials to identify people who came and went from the wagon train. She noted being stuck crossing the muddy banks of streams ...

Languages: English. It's a stark message many of those who played The Oregon Trail growing up are familiar with. Death, ostensibly by diarrhea, out in a dusty old wagon train in the middle of nowhere?

This 325-foot-tall rock formation rose above the Great Plains and was the most-mentioned landmark in journals of wagon train journeyers ... the Minnesota-made “Oregon Trail” computer game ...