At the same time, as more white settlers arrived over the Oregon Trail, the newcomers not only brought their own prejudices with them, they passed discriminatory laws against black people.

Break out the covered wagons and gather the settlers because an Oregon Trail movie is officially in the works at Apple. Yes, ...

Staff Writer  There weren’t any covered wagons, but a history activity put Five Hawks Elementary students on the Oregon Trail Monday. Each year, some of the young settlers ...

By Gary Randall, The Mountain Times Have you ever driven along Barlow Trail Road or Lolo Pass Road and wondered where they came from? These quiet, winding roads are more than just roads we take to ...

It’s looked this way since Oregon Trail settlers realized the region was a bovine paradise-in-the-making. Thanks to a slow-growing climate, rich alluvial soil and annual rainfall of more than 90 ...

The idea sprouted when Heinemann's friend, Don Rawitsch, came up with a board game for students he was teaching that simulated 1800s settlers going west on the Oregon Trail. Computers were in ...

They traveled along the Platte River, creating a new route on its north bank rather than risk encounters with other settlers on the Oregon Trail. The first half of the journey was along the plains ...