Many were forced to relocate more than once. The Oregon Trail is a piece of history that, in addition to commonly being taught in classrooms, has inspired games, books, movies and TV shows.

The Oregon Trail was tough. It was grueling, food could become scarce, and even the drinking water was mostly unpalatable (not to mention the threat of dysentery).These cornmeal cakes went by many ...

“That's our little section of the Oregon Trail.” “Before this road was ... a raft from The Dalles,” Funk continued. Named for pioneer Sam Barlow, the road was a 100-mile detour around ...

This half-hour Oregon Experience documentary explores the many stories of black pioneers, including that ... as more white settlers arrived over the Oregon Trail, the newcomers not only brought ...

“The Big Trail,” chronicling the voyage across the Oregon Trail, features a familiar scene to fans of the Western genre. In it, the pioneer and his love interest share a few parting words before he ...

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. In the autumn of ...

Then: Oregon Trail pioneers contracted typhoid like many other diseases—from contaminated water. The disease, caused by Salmonella serotype Typhi, spreads when an infected person sheds the ...

The remnants of this old Oregon Trail stage stop may not be full of ghosts, but they're full of 150 years of history.

Delving into the history of how video games have utilized ... including its most famous release: “The Oregon Trail.” Originally a text-based game for school use, “The Oregon Trail ...