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highplainsdem

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

Reply to Vogon_Glory (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:42 PM

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you said about it.

Looks like some of the more recent videos about wagon trains on the Oregon Trail were made using AI. Just noticed one about a wagon train that didn't actually happen. So aggravating...

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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 Saturday OP

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

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

I did Jilly_in_VA Saturday #2

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

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

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

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

Incredibly rough going there: highplainsdem Saturday #10

Yes... 2naSalit Saturday #11

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

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

Had to google that, too: highplainsdem Saturday #9

I've visited a couple or three... Vogon_Glory Saturday #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 Saturday #14

Rocky Ridge was another landmark Vogon_Glory Yesterday #15

Just read about the incompetent planning/leadership that led to so many Mormons in two handcart companies highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #16