What's Left of the Oregon Trail in Idaho?

Let's look at what's left of the Oregon Trail in Idaho. We'll pick up traces of the trail from the Wyoming border and follow it through Montpelier, Soda Springs, to the Fort Hall Replica in Pocatello.
#history #idaho #oregontrail

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  • @godfreydaniel6278
    @godfreydaniel6278 Жыл бұрын

    I lived in Ashland, Oregon - the old trail went right past my rural home. One day, walking downhill from where my house stood, I found an old wooden wagon wheel - it was a chore to drag it uphill and home - but I prized it for years...

  • @mapleleaf902

    @mapleleaf902

    Жыл бұрын

    Sweet memories and appreciation.

  • @5roundsrapid263

    @5roundsrapid263

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice. I flew over Ashland once on a clear day and got a great view of it!

  • @adriannurse1502

    @adriannurse1502

    Жыл бұрын

    That is so awesome.

  • @5roundsrapid263

    @5roundsrapid263

    Жыл бұрын

    @@adriannurse1502 Yep. I couldn’t see the Rockies, but the clouds ended when we got to Oregon. I saw a trail in the dirt, and thought to myself, “It can’t be.” It was!

  • @adriannurse1502

    @adriannurse1502

    Жыл бұрын

    @@5roundsrapid263 I can't imagine what it must have felt like.

  • @jacobambos3885
    @jacobambos3885 Жыл бұрын

    In Wisconsin where I live, I noticed that all the towns (not counting little unincorporateds) were exactly 15 miles apart going east-west on the highways. North-south had no real rhyme or reason, but east-west towns were 15 miles on the dot. I wondered if this was because 15 miles were about how far a wagon train could go in a day.

  • @floridaman4073

    @floridaman4073

    Жыл бұрын

    A lot of the reason for that was because of the railroad company’s. The Water and Fuel depots were spaced in a way to provide it to trains.

  • @melted_cheetah

    @melted_cheetah

    Жыл бұрын

    Transcontinental Railroad towns.

  • @MakeSeven

    @MakeSeven

    Жыл бұрын

    Not sure it is related, but f.e. Pony Express stations tended to be 10-15 miles apart as that is the distance you could ride a horse quickly until you needed to swap to a 'fresh' horse. Such stations would be a natural place to settle around.

  • @AndrewBlacker-wr2ve

    @AndrewBlacker-wr2ve

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought the spacing of towns was related to the section lines as described in the Northwest Ordinance.

  • @leanneadams2549

    @leanneadams2549

    6 ай бұрын

    Wow ! That’s is awesome news Jacob ! I’m from Green Bay and I’ll have to find out exactly why that was !!!

  • @NicCageForPresident2024
    @NicCageForPresident2024 Жыл бұрын

    You may: 1. Attempt to ford the river 2. Caulk the wagon and float it across 3. Wait to see if conditions improve 4. Get more information What is your choice?

  • @Page5framing

    @Page5framing

    Жыл бұрын

    Option 5; Die of dysentery.

  • @tek6423

    @tek6423

    Жыл бұрын

    The greatest history lesson in the form of a challenging game.

  • @Full_Otto_Bismarck

    @Full_Otto_Bismarck

    Жыл бұрын

    I prefer to chevy the river.

  • @hackermanack3393

    @hackermanack3393

    Жыл бұрын

    You've died of Dysentery

  • @tl1635

    @tl1635

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Full_Otto_Bismarck I typically dodge it

  • @TheBigBoyBlue
    @TheBigBoyBlue Жыл бұрын

    Learning about the old west is my favorite era of history to learn about.

  • @user-bl6ne3hc6n

    @user-bl6ne3hc6n

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I lived in the Gold Country near Grass Valley , Colma, you can still see all the old buildings you can see where Sutter's Mill found gold pretty much what built California in 1849, the neat part was the worst part of the gold mining was t the strip mining my God they did a lot of damage oh my Lord if you have a chance go to the Gold Country of California it's incredible all the original buildings of the old west still there, and the environment damage,

  • @aidan278

    @aidan278

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-bl6ne3hc6nman I’m jealous that’s actually so sick

  • @user-bl6ne3hc6n

    @user-bl6ne3hc6n

    Жыл бұрын

    @Aidan 27 there's still miners up in them hills,, I saw a family real ruff looking , not shave kids in raggedy clothes ,pay with their gold findings at a Denys, they brought out a scale and payed for breakfast,, you believe that,

  • @johno9507
    @johno9507 Жыл бұрын

    As a red blooded Aussie male the thought of non alcoholic beer gives me nightmares. 😋🇦🇺

  • @georgeescaped6035
    @georgeescaped6035 Жыл бұрын

    always thought of the HUNDREDS of unmarked graves along this trail and the trail to CA

  • @marklineberger3542

    @marklineberger3542

    Жыл бұрын

    pepperony and chease

  • @docholliday5439
    @docholliday5439 Жыл бұрын

    In my younger days (1977) I did a 7 day hike on the Oregon trail. I did also find some artifacts that I still have today. I look forward to more stories about the old west... 🤠🌵🌵🌵🇺🇲

  • @bigsky300

    @bigsky300

    Жыл бұрын

    Curious…What kind of things did you find?

  • @cumberlandquiltchic1

    @cumberlandquiltchic1

    Жыл бұрын

    Right there with ya man… I remmber the 70s and thst grand trip we took and seeing those ruts in the ground. We were in the highest inflation ever! Gas lines… bad bad times!

  • @Nova2032-

    @Nova2032-

    Жыл бұрын

    What kind of artifacts? What a treasure, and what amazing these people were.

  • @shrim1481

    @shrim1481

    Жыл бұрын

    Lies

  • @dogc5039

    @dogc5039

    Жыл бұрын

    So you’re a looter? Weird flex…

  • @okitasan
    @okitasan Жыл бұрын

    Lots of history channels doing voice over videos of still images and such but not many with a host giving tours of real places. Looking forward to seeing more videos like this, well done!

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. I look forward to brining you more such videos. I wish I could make every video on location, but as of now funds won't allow it. I hope future success with this channel will allow me to go further afield.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    2 ай бұрын

    I drove the Oregon Trail and filmed a documentary about it in case any of you are interested.

  • @GoreTorn16
    @GoreTorn16 Жыл бұрын

    My Ancestor Albert Kelly and the Kelly Family traveled this same path to the Willamette Valley. He then settled in Portland, OR where he is commemorated forever at a park called "Albert Kelly Park" which still exists today.

  • @MissAngela007
    @MissAngela007 Жыл бұрын

    There should be a yearly competition event of people trying to complete the hill with ox pulled covered wagons just like back in the trail day. That would be a nice family event for the area.

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    That would be interesting to watch for sure. The Oregon/California Trail museum in Montpelier once wanted to do that on or around Big Hill, but there are access issues with all the private property around the site.

  • @MissAngela007

    @MissAngela007

    Жыл бұрын

    @@historysavvy it would be cool to see if us modern people could get it done. I’m sure it’s a lot to workout now with all the laws and property lines etc but it could bring in money for everyone.

  • @rodellwood7911

    @rodellwood7911

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like chuckwagon races with a hill involved

  • @jhonyermo

    @jhonyermo

    Жыл бұрын

    Humbug, Malarkey, Hogwash

  • @dalegray934
    @dalegray934 Жыл бұрын

    I have recorded wagon ruts from the Oregon trail all over southern Idaho as part of my work (Cultural Resource Historian). Indeed, the South Alternate through Owyhee County runs through my back yard. Lots of pristine ruts remain in Owyhee County and elsewhere. I'm not as familiar with the southeastern Idaho ruts, though I did do some work around Soda Springs. Thank you for sharing!

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    That's great to know! I'm going to complete my masters in history this year and I've thought about entering the field as a public facing historian. A cultural resource historian sounds like an interesting and rewarding career.

  • @rogerashmore6720
    @rogerashmore6720 Жыл бұрын

    Love your video, my 3rd great grandfather is buried outside of Glenn's Ferry Idaho on private property. He died in 1877 and is buried by a 14 year old girl at the front entrance of a landowners property. He died of a fever at a stagecoach station during a Indian attack. I wasn't able to visit his grave in 2017.

  • @user-bl6ne3hc6n

    @user-bl6ne3hc6n

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow. Thanks for the story, that's real history

  • @DavidAWA

    @DavidAWA

    Жыл бұрын

    I love that you know some details of that.

  • @sid2112

    @sid2112

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey there are some laws in many states that allow for descendants of people buried on private property visiting rights. You might want to look into it. My property has an old cemetery that holds ancestors of some local denizens that I am legally required (and only too happy) to allow them to visit.

  • @Jason-hg1pc

    @Jason-hg1pc

    8 ай бұрын

    Which tribe of Indians?

  • @ms.annthrope415
    @ms.annthrope415 Жыл бұрын

    I had read Rinker Buck's Oregon Trail where he bought a covered wagon and 3 mules and followed the Oregon Trail to Oregon. I then followed his itinerary in my pick up truck in May of 2021, driving from my home in Southern Idaho to St. Joseph, Missouri. I followed the trail as Rinker described in his book replicating the trail. Most of the trail is now highways. Some parts of the trail have been turned into farm lands and private property, so Rink and I both followed the roads running as close as possible. Rink was able to roll over original parts of the trail that are still on public lands and still had wagon ruts. I stayed on the highways all the way back through Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, South Eastern Idaho, and I stopped at my house as I've been theough I84 all the way to Portland already. We have parts of thr Oregon Trail through Southern Idaho with ruts and wheel scars still in the dirt. Nearby is the Sticker House where the Striker family built their house and established a stop over for the hundreds of thousands of travelers cross west. Love to relive history and road trips to historic places.

  • @jmason61

    @jmason61

    Жыл бұрын

    By coincidence I have just been read his book & it's very good... loved the way he mixes in the historical journeys of some settlers

  • @bobt5778

    @bobt5778

    Жыл бұрын

    Great book, I enjoyed it as well!

  • @spacecardinal
    @spacecardinal Жыл бұрын

    Who of us would be willing to make this trip today? I came from Mormon pioneers, so this is all very interesting to me. Life went on. Babies were born, people died, many walked the entire way. No thanks! I respect the people who came out west, glad they were already here when I was born.

  • @tbone6924
    @tbone69244 ай бұрын

    I quite literally live right next to the Oregon trail (it is about 50 feet north of my back yard)....unfortunately though, the wagon wheel ruts here have long since been paved over, and the Oregon Trail is simply known as State Highway 20/26. It is always cool to see the trail's remnants in more untouched locations.

  • @Blondieandginger805
    @Blondieandginger805 Жыл бұрын

    Really interesting video! It’s cool to see what remains of the Oregon trail. Thanks for sharing!

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the nice comment!

  • @shrim1481

    @shrim1481

    Жыл бұрын

    The remains gave me dysentery

  • @sammyvh11
    @sammyvh11 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing how tough people where back then!

  • @wecx2375
    @wecx2375 Жыл бұрын

    My great great grand daddy was a scout on the oregon trail in 1845. We is Irish folk. Ended up mining gold and we still do.

  • @vanessamonster5038
    @vanessamonster5038 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a new yorker, but I'm fascinated by this part of history. Thanks for posting.

  • @larrybrewster9221
    @larrybrewster9221 Жыл бұрын

    I went to the old fort when I was a kid in the late 1950, there was still an orchard there then and a vegetable cellar, the tracks in the sage brush were still there, pretty fun back then,

  • @floridaman4073
    @floridaman4073 Жыл бұрын

    There is still remnants on the Naches pass branch of the Oregon Trail. Use to ride motorcycles at the Naches pass and there you can still find remnants of wagon wheels, odd parts of broken equipment. Small bottles etc.

  • @sassytbc7923
    @sassytbc7923 Жыл бұрын

    I visited part of the Oregon trail several years ago. It’s an awesome experience to be able to stand and observe wagon tracks that still are quite visible. You can almost see the pioneers on the trail.

  • @raymondmoore2707
    @raymondmoore2707 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve walked some of the Santa Fe Trail in western Oklahoma and SE Colorado. Amazingly it’s still quite visible. Deep ruts

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    Another historic route I would like to cover.

  • @raymondmoore2707

    @raymondmoore2707

    Жыл бұрын

    @@historysavvy go to Campo CO, and head south, you will probably see it. ( But the locals can tell you where it is)

  • @MARILYNANDERSON88
    @MARILYNANDERSON886 ай бұрын

    Wonderful presentation, thanks. I like hearing the breeze, great landscape photography. I hope you had fun working on the show.

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    6 ай бұрын

    Many thanks!

  • @donnabunting3846
    @donnabunting3846 Жыл бұрын

    Nice to see people reminding us of our heritage.

  • @alecyoung22
    @alecyoung22 Жыл бұрын

    Never had anything other than alcohol free beer? I got mad respect for that. Really great video, keep up the great work. Greetings from the east coast

  • @markmark2080
    @markmark2080 Жыл бұрын

    For all you Google Earth and western history fans, (not related to the Oregon Trail) if you go to the western OK panhandle about 8 miles north of Boise City and zoom in, you can easily trace out 50 miles of deeply rutted Santa Fe Trail tracks that clearly remain in the unplowed regions south of the mostly dry Cimarron River... Also, I have a 90 year old book "Ox-Team Days On The Oregon Trail" about Ezra Meeker, who traveled the Oregon Trail in 1852. Much later in 1906-08, he re traveled it backwards by wagon to encourage towns to set up historic markers for the trail. Traveling the "route" by automobile, train and airplane (in 1924) before he passed away in 1928 at the age of 97. Wikipedia has a great article on him, the latter years VERY interesting...It is Staggering, the difficulties and hardships endured by those who ventured out on that journey...

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    I plan on doing a video about him. He published a book I acquired a copy of sometime back.

  • @markmark2080

    @markmark2080

    Жыл бұрын

    @@historysavvy Cool, It was amazing for him to live long enough to see what he did, in the final couple decades of his life...

  • @--KP-

    @--KP-

    Жыл бұрын

    It really gives you a sense of the rush of technology, to think of a guy who traveled the Oregon Trail flying over the same route in an airplane.

  • @markmark2080

    @markmark2080

    Жыл бұрын

    @@--KP- An interesting note on your comment, at the 1893 Columbian Expo in Chicago, visitors marveled at the state of technology displayed at that huge event without a clue that the Horseless Carriage days were just beginning and the flying machine was "just around the corner"... My dad, in his teens, made two trips to southern California on the brand new Route 66 in the mid 1920s, when much of it was still dirt road...

  • @KevinNeustadter
    @KevinNeustadter Жыл бұрын

    I-80 and I-84 pretty much parallels Oregon Trail. I liked Three Rivers Crossing in lower central Idaho. Also, There is a place in SE WY where the wagon wheels left deep grooves in the rock. It's a state park there named Guernsey State Park. Nice park. There is also the Santa Fe Trail, which is more of a highway with people moving both ways on the trail for trade. It breaks off from the Oregon trail in eastern Kansas.

  • @dirtroad_360
    @dirtroad_360 Жыл бұрын

    I love history! Thank you for sharing

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the kind comment!

  • @irvinmartin9259
    @irvinmartin9259 Жыл бұрын

    This was both fascinating, and odd that it showed up randomly on my You tube feed. I've read several books lately about the early settlement of the more rugged areas near where I live. The Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada. The tie-in here is the connection with the Hudsons Bay Company. I never knew that they ventured down into what is now the USA. Or even that that area was once considered British territory, (at least by the HBC). The Columbia River does seem to make a more natural border. Back in my own area the fur traders and lumberers wanted "settlement roads" into the forest, but only to facilitate their own business, and they likewise discouraged actual settlers. Thank you for a very well done and educational video.

  • @PNWwonder
    @PNWwonder Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Willamette is pronounced will-lam-it. Lots of native names here in Oregon. Umpqua gets folks too Ummm-qua. I walked large parts of it here in Oregon where the wagon ruts are still visible.

  • @jamesmaroon6161

    @jamesmaroon6161

    Жыл бұрын

    Whatever

  • @vinnynorthwest
    @vinnynorthwest Жыл бұрын

    Great video! Very interesting and well told. I got to walk on the Oregon Trail near Baker City, Oregon at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. That's a great place to visit.

  • @casedoumasr656

    @casedoumasr656

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes at BAKER CITY the Oregon trail interpretive center very informative and great displays they also have some books of the diaries of the early pioneers well worth the reading ⛏️🇺🇸

  • @GenX_-um2ct
    @GenX_-um2ct Жыл бұрын

    I didnt realize parts of Idaho had so much desert wilderness fauna and no trees

  • @ms.annthrope415

    @ms.annthrope415

    Жыл бұрын

    South western Idaho is Owyhee County. Sparsely populated and just high desert scrub brush land. It's just a continuation of Northern Nevadw state scrub brush desert. South Central Idaho is full of high desert with lots of black volcanic rocks. We have everything in Idaho.

  • @johnbooth3073

    @johnbooth3073

    Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video, impressed that you had an English speaker read from the diary. Amazed that you have only drunk alcohol free beer. But I suppose that if you have only just drank Diet Coke instead of the real thing then you wouldn’t know the difference. I have subscribed 👍

  • @4theloveoflife

    @4theloveoflife

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah SE Idaho is highland desert but you really like in pocatello it is just a 15 minute drive to one of the steepest ski hills in the country and pines and forest.

  • @floridaman4073

    @floridaman4073

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah in Eastern Wa as well.

  • @grasm03

    @grasm03

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@floridaman4073 more like the middle of WA

  • @mapleleaf902
    @mapleleaf902 Жыл бұрын

    Well this post made me a new subbie as I am a history buff. Awesome!!!

  • @alvashoemaker8536
    @alvashoemaker8536 Жыл бұрын

    THIS vid is/was INTERESTING…! Your delivery kept this info alive;I liked the way you disclosed the details. THANK YOU…. 👍🏼😃‼️

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    And thanks for the nice comment!

  • @Mudsuitable
    @Mudsuitable Жыл бұрын

    Just stumbled upon this vid/channel and I like your style. You're a very lucky man to have never had alcoholic beer and I'm happy and proud of you for it, it may mean nothing to you but to my family and I its a huge deal and honestly quite jealous. Thank you for the education, I look forward to more cool vids!

  • @kikupub71
    @kikupub71 Жыл бұрын

    My daughter and I saw a section of the Oregon Trail on the South Pass In Wyoming not far from Lander. We rode our bicycles from Jackson Hole to Thermopolis Wyoming in 2001. On the Tour De Wyoming

  • @WestShoreMan
    @WestShoreMan Жыл бұрын

    Great job now time for a beer!

  • @pamirose8612
    @pamirose8612 Жыл бұрын

    This looks like a new channel and I like watching KZread videos like this where knowledgeable historians go to visit less-known yet still notable places and provides a brief description about them. Makes travelling a lot more interesting. Make more of these videos please and keep up the good work. 👍

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great comment. I would love for all my videos to be on location and I plan on making as many as I can, but with limited funds and resources it's not feasible at this time. So even when I post videos in other styles I hope you'll stick around for the videos like these!

  • @Bradcatcher
    @Bradcatcher Жыл бұрын

    Glad someone decided to take a look at this now I really wish someone would do the entire thing so it can be preserved so many videos of the Appalachian trail and very little of the Oregon Trail in it’s current condition

  • @kilcar
    @kilcar Жыл бұрын

    My Dawson, Dodson, Noland family ancestors came over that very ground to the Willamette Valley in 1844, 1846, 1847, 1852, and 1853 respectively.

  • @trusarmor4957
    @trusarmor4957 Жыл бұрын

    4:00 wow an amazing testament by Margaret A Frank, AND the footage of her Jeep really brings it all home.

  • @milt6208
    @milt6208 Жыл бұрын

    I read a book about a pioneer who as a child traveled to Oregon on the trail and when he had gotten much older he took the trail back east. He left a trail of monuments. It was a good book.

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    That's right. I think he did it a couple of times. He lived to a ripe ol' age.

  • @Jtsct
    @Jtsct24 күн бұрын

    That was truly cool and informative.

  • @garyclampitt8857
    @garyclampitt8857 Жыл бұрын

    My family, the Alexander Peirce Trimble family, traveled the Oregon Trail in 1853 from Henry co, Iowa to the Williamette valley. Then in 1870 traveled it back to Texas. Thank you for the fine video.

  • @FG-bn3qq
    @FG-bn3qq Жыл бұрын

    Anyone else more interested in history now than when in middle or high school?

  • @duanehoward7675
    @duanehoward767526 күн бұрын

    You can see the crossing over the Snake River, the wagon ruts and some more at the Museum in Glenns Ferry ID at the 3 Island State Park.

  • @colgatetoothpaste4865
    @colgatetoothpaste4865 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting stories of people that are long gone from this life !! Forgotten heroes

  • @scottdavis4497
    @scottdavis4497 Жыл бұрын

    Cool video, my fathers side of the family settled in willamette Valley in 1845. The we’re on the lost wagon train on the Meek cut off. The stories from 7 generations ago are still be kept alive in my family. The family was the Lloyd’s. 3 generation made the journey from Missouri. So it is really nice to see the very trail that they would have journeyed on. Part of the family migrated to the Washington territory when it opened up, and some of us are still here. What a legacy to learn about. Keep the videos coming.

  • @andreabradley5837
    @andreabradley5837 Жыл бұрын

    Very informative, thanks. I hope you continue, I'd like to see more.

  • @wallyhilton2905
    @wallyhilton2905 Жыл бұрын

    I live in the same county where the California gold rush started eldorado county plenty history here pony express trail close by me.

  • @allanegleston4931

    @allanegleston4931

    Жыл бұрын

    i live in tuolumne county , hi almost neighbor , butterfield stage and postal trail rout went through here . also part of the trail network.

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    That's another part of western history I want to cover. Utah has a recreated way station and one can still see the ruins along other parts of the route.

  • @matthewmcdaid7962
    @matthewmcdaid7962 Жыл бұрын

    When my family traveled through the west a number of years ago the highway we were driving on followed the route of the Oregon Trail. There were circular signs on the roadside proclaiming "Historic Oregon Trail 1856." And the back of the Stinker Gas Station sign read "This road under construction... Since 1856" So I know it's still out there under four lanes of concrete.

  • @threewheeler624
    @threewheeler624 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the great video. For years I could never remember the name of that computer game, it was fun.

  • @JaysPigEmporium
    @JaysPigEmporium Жыл бұрын

    Wil-lam-ette great video man👍

  • @williamtomkiel8215
    @williamtomkiel8215 Жыл бұрын

    fun fact: If all the people that DIED traveling along the Oregon Trail- back "in the day" - were buried along the entire route, there would be a grave every 50 yards. from start to finish . . .

  • @stephengoodson9619
    @stephengoodson9619 Жыл бұрын

    I think my ancestors went from Missouri to northern Idaho. Crazy how they went a major length of this trail.

  • @matt007
    @matt007 Жыл бұрын

    Growing up in the PNW, I remember taking a field trip to part of the Oregon Trail in either middle or elementary school. So fun and interesting!!!

  • @hey_brandon
    @hey_brandon Жыл бұрын

    was "lucky' enough to pull a hand cart over these hills when I was younger, i'll never forget the great appreciation I had for basic everyday things after a week of trek.

  • @ebrim5013
    @ebrim5013 Жыл бұрын

    This is fantastic, thank you for making it.

  • @MrHubbmuscle
    @MrHubbmuscle Жыл бұрын

    Never been there and I can’t thank you enough for the tour

  • @TwinsBigLikeTia
    @TwinsBigLikeTia Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic documentary! You have a real eye for history, this was very informative and enjoyable :)

  • @jimmyz2098
    @jimmyz2098 Жыл бұрын

    Phenomenal video. Incredible history, and very well presented. I love to learn about these topics, and to just get absorbed into this type of vibe. Great stuff!! Subbing.

  • @1bambiefawn
    @1bambiefawn Жыл бұрын

    Another good video would be the Lewis and Clark trail, that started in 1804.

  • @solomon2161
    @solomon2161 Жыл бұрын

    What a nice surprise to see your face appear on my KZread recommendations today! Cool stuff brotha!

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Glad to know KZread is recommending me to the right people!

  • @stevenbrown6277
    @stevenbrown6277 Жыл бұрын

    Good historical video. Thanks.

  • @willroland7153
    @willroland7153 Жыл бұрын

    I’m very familiar with a spur section off the main trail in Idaho, found a ox shoe as a teen on it that still has the nails in it, a testament to just how dry some of the trail routes were that it looks like it could still be nailed back on.

  • @user-te7wr8uz6c
    @user-te7wr8uz6c Жыл бұрын

    If anyone is interested in following what's left of the trail the NPS has an excellent set of books that trace the whole thing. They are free, at least they used to be!

  • @gregboyden564
    @gregboyden564 Жыл бұрын

    thanks for an interesting historical video . Would really like to visit parts of the trail

  • @wynflaeth
    @wynflaeth Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed this video very much! Thank you!

  • @harleyhawk7959
    @harleyhawk79595 ай бұрын

    one of the best examples of wagon tracks I saw was at a rest area at about mile mark 335 on hwy 84. There is steep grade they had come up from the snake River.

  • @douglasbair5647
    @douglasbair5647 Жыл бұрын

    I have relatives that helped build chesterfield, a good place to replenish goods and rest before going on. The Barlows were part of that group.

  • @scottlewisparsons9551
    @scottlewisparsons955111 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the video. When I was at school in about 1964 I did a project about the Oregon trail. I can’t remember what I said about it, but I do remember reading a kids book about a family on the trail. Oh, I went to school in Wellington, New Zealand! We spent quite a bit of time learning about the US. This was the last year of primary school. Our teacher was one that demanded obedience. His first statement to us was that he intended to strap all of us at least once during the year. I lasted two weeks. He was a very fair man and I really enjoyed that year and probably learned the most in that year at school that I ever did. I even got the class to put money in for a Christmas present! I ramble on, apologies. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    11 ай бұрын

    No worries! I appreciate the lively comment! I've lived outside of the US a few years but I've never chatted with anyone about what parts of US history they learn in their own schooling so this was new to me. I'm sorry to report that I don't think American kids learn anything about NZ or AUS history except the ANZACs in WWI. When I traveled through Australia a few years ago and did some back country hikes in southern Victoria, I was struck at how similar the history of that area was to that of the American west.

  • @scottlewisparsons9551

    @scottlewisparsons9551

    11 ай бұрын

    @@historysavvy thank you for the reply. I think my education was well “rounded” as they used to say. There was also quite a lot of American influence in my home. My parents were great friends with American Marines as they had a beach house near one of the camps. There were two camps near Wellington where Marines trained before fighting in the Pacific at places like Guadalcanal. They also thought that the turning point was the Battle of the Coral Sea. When I was about ten years old there was commemoration and we had a whole lot of Marines and their wives visit us. One of them gave me a couple of 1921 silver dollars. I still have them. When I was young my whole family were members of the NZ American Association. Through this I got to the Ambassador’s residence, visit the America aircraft carrier on R&R from Vietnam and to 4th of July balls. Times have changed a bit. All the best from Sydney Australia

  • @MegaBpop
    @MegaBpop Жыл бұрын

    We need more videos like this one. Plz update more.

  • @kimburke3189
    @kimburke3189 Жыл бұрын

    I love this stuff!!

  • @tacraling
    @tacraling Жыл бұрын

    This was a great video! I really like what you're doing, and have been very happy to subscribe to your channel. 👍

  • @appaloosa6626
    @appaloosa6626 Жыл бұрын

    Wuh lam ett..... That's how we pronounce it. My family came here on that trail

  • @samsmom1491

    @samsmom1491

    Жыл бұрын

    I get so tickled hearing my beloved river's name mispronounced. When my Virginian hubby moved to Oregon with me for a few years, he constantly mangled all the mostly Native American names Oregon has. 😊

  • @samsmom1491

    @samsmom1491

    Жыл бұрын

    ...and the second syllable is stressed.

  • @appaloosa6626

    @appaloosa6626

    Жыл бұрын

    @@samsmom1491 look up Tabitha Moffatt Brown. She was my grandmother several generations back. I'm a true Oregonian before we were a state :-)

  • @samsmom1491

    @samsmom1491

    Жыл бұрын

    @@appaloosa6626 Congratulations! Your brave ancestors made an incredibly difficult journey. I'm not surexwhen my great grandfather, James Peyer came to Oregon. He's somewhat of a mystery and extremely difficult to find any records on, except that he was born in NYC, served in WWI and was married twice. That's about it. I will look up your great grandmother. I've been in Virginia since 1989, but love and miss Oregon so much, though I visit whenever I can.

  • @samsmom1491

    @samsmom1491

    Жыл бұрын

    @@appaloosa6626 BTW...I lived in Salem for 10 years.

  • @mikewalker3300
    @mikewalker3300 Жыл бұрын

    Yes there is I am from a town called La Grande in northeast Oregon. There are markers and a museum for the oergon trail.

  • @vickiwalker3486
    @vickiwalker3486 Жыл бұрын

    Your presence narrating the video was really enjoyable. I’ll be back!

  • @dezertraider
    @dezertraider Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU,GREAT JOB.

  • @alanjohnson2853
    @alanjohnson2853 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video, well done!

  • @beanalupines5101
    @beanalupines5101 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this. My family came to Oregon in 1853 and settled the town of Gaston and cleared land in Yamhill County and Washington County. It is a dream of mine to travel a part of the trail that they came on from Independence MO to their claim land in Oregon. Your documenting some of it helps me see what they might have seen.

  • @5amH45lam
    @5amH45lam Жыл бұрын

    Interesting video. Thanks for getting out there with a camera and doing the yards. Subbed. 👍

  • @skywatergarage
    @skywatergarage Жыл бұрын

    I am from Washington state and I travel for work. I love stopping by Oregon trail spots and just taking in its history. The spot in baker city, Oregon is awesome! My 3rd great grand parents and their family traveled the trail from Massachusetts in 1868. My 1st cousin 3x removed wrote a book about their travels and early life in walla walla.

  • @laurenurban3942
    @laurenurban3942 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. That was very educational.

  • @robertandrews8633
    @robertandrews8633 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the history!

  • @CharlieB.-
    @CharlieB.- Жыл бұрын

    Wow @ time stamp 3:44 that really is a steep hill! Such a pretty area but so deceiving. I wouldn’t have wanted to be part of any of those travelers back in those days. This is an incredible close up view of this treacherous trail, you’ve done an amazing job on this video!

  • @marianng3920
    @marianng3920 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! Would love to see more on the Oregon Trail!!

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I certainly do want to do more! As soon as time and money allows.

  • @jaywalker17
    @jaywalker17 Жыл бұрын

    great video...and dude looks like Private Pyle.

  • @MrOccyc

    @MrOccyc

    Жыл бұрын

    “You’re parents have any kids that lived? I bet they regret that!”

  • @gregusmc2868
    @gregusmc2868 Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding video! My wife and I celebrated my graduation from OSU (with a degree in early American history) by driving west to see Custer National park, the Little Bighorn battlefield, and on west through to Oregon and down the coast to Temecula-where we stayed with friends-I was born in Oakland in 1964. We then stayed in Tombstone and, out of all our 3-week trip, I fell in love with Idaho and Oregon. We almost moved out to Portland in 1995-the year we made the trip-but for sheer beauty, Idaho was my personal favorite. Thanks for sharing this video. Well done sir! 🫡👍🏼❤️

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @garyholt8315
    @garyholt8315 Жыл бұрын

    as a viewer from alberta, canada simply love this video !!!! we had smaller trails across the canadian prairies, nothing like the grandaddy Oregon trail.

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    That's interesting! Were they running at about the same time or later in the 19th century?

  • @garyholt8315

    @garyholt8315

    Жыл бұрын

    @@historysavvy quite a bit later from about 1880 to 1920. Canada wasn't even a country yet in the oregon's trail heyday.

  • @bloodhoundmamajayne2818
    @bloodhoundmamajayne2818 Жыл бұрын

    Very well done 👍

  • @ohmeowzer1
    @ohmeowzer1 Жыл бұрын

    Loved this Ty so much

  • @danyerdon8494
    @danyerdon8494 Жыл бұрын

    Nicely done.

  • @chrissypoo69
    @chrissypoo69 Жыл бұрын

    I played the game and am so infatuated with this history. A gem of America. I would love to see what life was like back in the day, no worries other than water, family, food, shelter and survival.

  • @MARILYNANDERSON88
    @MARILYNANDERSON886 ай бұрын

    I see Queen's Annes lace and blue flax along the Old Oregon Trail.

  • @harveycaldwell2409
    @harveycaldwell2409 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video

  • @shirleychristman8765
    @shirleychristman8765 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you I loved it 🇺🇸❤️

  • @DJVINNIE
    @DJVINNIE Жыл бұрын

    great job with this video!

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 Жыл бұрын

    There was a undisturbed portion of the trail in Boise, Idaho. Was… it’s being built atop right now

  • @Amanda---
    @Amanda--- Жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid you could still see ruts from the wagon wheels. Can you see them anymore?

  • @historysavvy

    @historysavvy

    Жыл бұрын

    You can indeed. they are generally pretty difficult to discern on the ground, but from the air, they are easier. You can see them in the drone footage I included of Big Hill in the video.