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2naSalit

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4. Funny you should ask...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:45 PM

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I lived along the trail, or portions of it, in southern Idaho. I was a few miles from Goodale's cutoff. which traveled through and along the Snake River Plain, across parts of what is now the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. But I have been to the Silent City of Rocks where many remnant signs of the wagon trains exist. There are many spots in SE Idaho around Soda Springs and Lava Hot Springs that were mentioned in some of the travelers' journals, places you can find today.

I've probably seen about three hundred miles of the trail in the western states, many points along the way.

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Niagara posted a thread yesterday on the Oregon Trail computer game. Has anyone here visited sites on the Trail? [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

Yes, outside Baker City, Oregon. NT mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #1

Was just looking at some links about that. I had no idea that part of Oregon had sagebrush Looks highplainsdem Yesterday #3

I did Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #2

Just found a website about that, with an 1859 photo of a wagon: highplainsdem Yesterday #5

Funny you should ask... 2naSalit Yesterday #4

Wow. Googling this. 500 miles of the Trail in Idaho alone. highplainsdem Yesterday #6

I lived in the area... 2naSalit Yesterday #7

Incredibly rough going there: highplainsdem Yesterday #10

Yes... 2naSalit Yesterday #11

I looked at a lot of videos of the Idaho section of the trail this afternoon. Even going downhill could be highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #13

Yes, I was at Independence Rock in 1986... Harker Yesterday #8

Had to google that, too: highplainsdem Yesterday #9

I've visited a couple or three... Vogon_Glory Yesterday #12

I'll have to look up all of those. Just looked at some videos of Deadman's Pass, and I agree with what highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #14

Rocky Ridge was another landmark Vogon_Glory 13 hrs ago #15

Just read about the incompetent planning/leadership that led to so many Mormons in two handcart companies highplainsdem 5 hrs ago #16