Sándor on the journey, Columbia River Gorge with Mt. Hood
Rooster Rock and Crown Point, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Shoshone Falls, near Twin Falls, Idaho. Taller than Niagara Falls.
Salmon spawning, Eagle Creek, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Sándor crosses the Blue Mountains and meets members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation.
Full moon on the Platte River, Nebraska.
Pioneer Woman, Devil’s Half Acre, Barlow Road, Oregon
Unknown grave at cholera cemetery, Kansas. Tens of thousands of emigrants died on the trail, primarily of disease and accidents. Millions of Native Americans died as a result of Euro-American diseases, conflict, food deprivation, and other unintentional and intentional causes.
Pioneer microwave, Fort Kearney, Nebraska
Warm Springs tribal member Tony Santos fishing at Shearer’s Falls near Maupin, Oregon.
Pawnee earth lodge, Fort Kearney, Nebraska
Sunset on the prairie, Chimney Rock, Nebraska
Chimney Rock through the back of a wagon, Nebraska
The Sweetwater River cuts through the Devil’s Gate, Wyoming
Mormon Pioneer hand cart, Devil’s Gate, Wyoming
Sweetwater River, from top of Independence Rock, Wyoming
Warm Springs tribal member Tony Santos fishing at Shearer’s Falls near Maupin, Oregon.
Blue waters of the Deschutes River as it empties into the Columbia, Oregon
Oregon Trail Ruts, Baker City, Oregon
Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Mountain man supplies, Baker City, Oregon
Wagon, Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Mountain man and woman at Green River Rendezvous, Wyoming
Pioneer woman reenactor, Fort Laramie, Wyoming. In the absence of the US Postal Service, emigrants wrote messages to those following them on animal skulls.
Reenactor Bullwhackin’ Cass, Baker City, Oregon
Flint lock rifle, Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Pioneer graffiti, Register Cliff, Wyoming
Tipi, Wyoming
Historic stone Oregon Trail marker placed by Ezra Meeker, The Dalles, Oregon
Columbia River Gorge sunset
Pioneer Graffiti, Independence Rock, Wyoming
History teacher Dave Vixie in pioneer period costume, Eastern Oregon
Dave Vixie taking a turn at pioneer preaching at Pulpit Rock, The Dalles, Oregon.
Blacksmithing
Wagon at Chimney Rock, Bayard, Nebraska
Bald eagle
Petroglyph, Columbia River Gorge, Washington
Reenactor Karen Haas as missionary Narcissa Whitman, Columbia River, Oregon
Pronghorn antelope
Buffalo males fighting for dominance. American bison once numbered in the tens of millions but were hunted close to extinction by the late 1800s.
Mountain man Mike Mabe making beef jerky
Mountain man reenactor Dave, Baker City, Oregon.
1848 map of the West by cartographer Charles Preuss who traveled with explorer John Frémont.
Hudson’s Bay Company flag, Fort Vancouver, Washington. People joked that HBC stood for Here Before Christ.
Former Hudson’s Bay Company outpost Fort Vancouver, Washington
Oregon Trail map