The Long Road to Oregon: Reflection
For the final episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we’re taking a step back.After following the trail through its stories, its people, and everything it carried with it, this episode is a reflection—on...
30 Touko 30min
The Long Road to Oregon: Where the trail ends
For the final episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we step back from the trail itself and look at what was left behind.Not just the miles traveled—but the lives changed along the way. The families who ...
29 Touko 7min
The Long Road to Oregon: The Denny party
The journey beyond the trail with the Denny Party—families who didn’t stop in Oregon, but continued north in search of something more.From a difficult landing at Alki Point to the first uncertain days...
28 Touko 10min
The Long Road to Oregon: The Donner Party
For this episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we follow one of the most infamous stories of the overland journey—the Donner Party.What began as a hopeful crossing turned into a fight for survival in th...
22 Touko 23min
The Long Road to Oregon: The Whitman Mission
For the next episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we follow the story of the Whitman Mission—a place many emigrants passed through at the end of the trail, and where rising tension, disease, and cultur...
20 Touko 11min
The Long Road to Oregon: Sovereign Lands- The Native Peoples of the Oregon Trail
This episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we’re tracing the trail through the homelands of the sovereign nations who lived along its length—Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee, Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Shoshone, N...
18 Touko 18min
The Long Road to Oregon: Women of the Oregon Trail- Hands that carried the West
For this of The Long Road to Oregon, we’re following the women who walked the trail long before it became history. The women who delivered children between river crossings, drove wagons when tragedy s...
15 Touko 13min
