The Long Road To Oregon: The Meek Cutoff

What happened to DeOrr Kunz Jr.?In July of 2015, a two-year-old boy vanished from Timber Creek Campground outside Leadore, Idaho and was never seen again.Search crews combed the Idaho wilderness for d...

11 Juni 58min

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 Maj 30min

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 Maj 7min

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 Maj 10min

For this episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we’re looking at a version of the trail many of us remember a little differently.Before the research, before the real stories—for a lot of us, it started w...

25 Maj 13min

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 Maj 23min

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 Maj 11min

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 Maj 18min