offering settlers the right to claim 160 acres of federal land at a fixed price of $1.25 per acre. This is about $45 in today’s money so the Oregon Trail game’s premise of dogmatically heading ...

The charming city often deemed "Oregon's Hometown" has plenty of historical attractions and charm, making it a great day trip ...

Once part of the Oregon Trail, this scenic wilderness area and lake offers visitors incredible year-round camping, fishing, ...

Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, ...

After a five-year fight, a US District Court for the District of Arizona granted a temporary restraining order to block a ...

And thanks to the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy, an area once deemed “absolutely worthless” has become one of the Valley’s ...

Tucked off of U.S. Highway 287 near the banks of the Poudre River, an unsuspecting stucco house sits as a reminder of the ...

Washington state’s Point Roberts is a “pene-exclave” — a piece of land belonging to one country but only accessible by land through another. As anti-US sentiment grows in Canada, here’s what it’s like ...

The Oregon Trail (1971) This game taught young people about what life was like as a 19th century settler in America. In the game, you take on the role of a wagon leader guiding settlers from the ...

Volunteers sacrifice time, energy and money to help mustangs removed from the range find homes. Can they convince people to take them?

This is part of an occasional series about people, places and things in San Joaquin County to mark its175th anniversary. The ...

The settlers' adventure is still alive in this colorful game ... and build your own town. The Oregon Trail is a strategy and resource management game where we will have to create a settlement in ...