A month later, the first emigrant wagon train entered the Yakima Valley. James Longmire had headed out from Indiana with his family, drawn by reports of the Puget Sound area.

The inconveniences usually attendant upon settling in a new country, the long and dreary journey in the emigrant wagons, the uncertain explorations, the rude life in a log hut, the contests with ...

The grave of an emigrant woman is seen surrounded by a fence to protect it from vandals Jan. 24 near Shoshone Falls in Jerome County. PAT SUTPHIN, TIMES-NEWS ...

The back-country ride in four-wheel vehicles travels 200 wilderness miles of Lassen’s route, without wagons and horses. It starts in Imlay, Nev., and ends in Surprise Valley near the border at ...

Pioneers: In the 1970s, the Nevada Emigrant Trail Marking Committee installed three markers in Reno. Now another group, Trails West, says they're in the wrong spots.