Musician Dwight Frizzell, left, and printmaker Miguel Rivera discuss their different approaches to a map of the Oregon Trail at the Kansas City Art Institute where they both teach. When pioneers ...

Independence, Missouri, was the pioneers’ jumping-off point in the early years of the Oregon Trail. Some came overland, but many arrived via steamboat to begin the trip west. In the 1840s ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two administrators at Oregon Trail Middle School will not be returning, according to a release from Olathe Public Schools.

Independence, Missouri, was the pioneers’jumping-off point in the early years of the Oregon Trail. Some came overland, but many arrived via steamboat to begin the trip west.In the 1840s ...

Wagon trains headed for Oregon departed from the square along the existing Santa Fe Trail that led southwest out of present-day Kansas City. Following this route, we stopped at Minor Park, a 27 ...