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2006 OCTA Convention Booklet (St. Joseph, MO)

2006 OCTA Convention Booklet (St. Joseph, MO)

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Oregon-California Trails Association

2 days ago

Traveling for miles in the fresh air can be invigorating! Many people think it's also good for their health. Even the emigrants in the 1840s knew the benefits of exercise and fresh air. Here's what emigrant Andrew Goodyear had to say about his time on the trail: "I have now been out 47 days and nites, sleeping with no covering but blankets, and the sky above me for a shelter, living most of the time on buffalo meat... I never enjoyed better health than I do now." #TrailTuesday #FindYourPark #MidwestNPS ... See MoreSee Less

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Oregon-California Trails Association

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Whenever the Missouri Department of Transportation begins construction on land that is considered a site of early settlements, archaeologists are required to be on site. This allows them to ensure cultural resources are not impacted.Andrew Gottsfield, senior cultural resource specialist at Burns & McDonnell, was there when the team made a surprising discovery."When we dug a hole right there we realized that it was native soil and then we dug a hole right in the basement here and we found a bunch of brick so we just connected the dots and found the foundation and came around," Gottsfield said.That foundation, the team thinks, is from an old hotel from the 1800s.There were bottles, jars, soap holders, combs, eye glasses and more. The group found some items dating back hundreds of years.Read the rest and watch the video on the KSHB website. ... See MoreSee Less

Local archaeologists uncover artifacts during Buck O'Neil bridge replacement project

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Whenever MoDOT begins construction on land that is considered a site of early settlements, archaeologists are required to be on site. This allows them to ensure cultural resources are not impacted.

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Oregon-California Trails Association

3 days ago

A few weeks ago, highly trained cadaver dogs were set loose near Almo to search an area about the size of two football fields sniffing for human remains.Usually the dogs’ missions involve recent crime scenes or missing children, people absent a month or so. But on this outing, the cadaver dogs from Driggs were looking for burial sites of emigrants at the City of Rocks National Reserve who were rushing for gold in California from 1849 to 1860, but didn’t quite make it through Idaho alive.To the incredible nose of three German shepherds, whether a person was buried last week or 500 years ago, doesn’t matter. When the dog detects the smell of humans in the soil, it pauses and sends a signal to its handler – a sit down, lay down or perhaps a paw at the soil – then continues to search. To the dog it’s all a game. and its reward is to play with its favorite toy.Continue reading on the Idaho State Journal website. ... See MoreSee Less

Cadaver dogs track down scent of 170-year-old graves along historic trail

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A few weeks ago, highly trained cadaver dogs were set loose near Almo to search an area about the size of two football fields sniffing for human remains.

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Oregon-California Trails Association

1 week ago

"They (pronghorn) came to us like the wind, till within 60 or 80 rods, stop and examine us for a few minutes, then away they would go and come up upon the other side of us .... in full lope, like prairie hens on the wing." -Emigrant W. McBrideWhile pronghorn (often called antelope) are still common in western Nebraska today, it is a rare sight to see them within the boundary of Scotts Bluff National Monument. #WildlifeWednesday #FindYourPark #MidwestNPS ... See MoreSee Less

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Oregon-California Trails Association

1 week ago

Have you ever felt "dog tired" or extremely worn out? Imagine walking an average of 15 miles each day, while at the same time caring for animals, supervising children, mending torn clothing, cooking meals, and perhaps even keeping guard over your wagon train for the night. That was the life of emigrants on the Oregon Trail. Emigrant Alonzo Delano wrote that he was so tired "a hyena might have tugged at my toes without waking me." #TrailTuesday #FindYourPark #MidwestNPS ... See MoreSee Less

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Oregon-California Trails Association

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Congratulations to our own Dr. Steve Owens and thank you to Oregon-California Trails Association. Have you tried our new mobile app yet? Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.toursphere.ctic&hl=en_US&gl=USApple: https://apps.apple.com/app/california-trail-center/id1509537342The app helps enhance the visitors’ experience while touring the center and continue providing California Trail history and information after their visit. It also provides directions to visit local California Trail sites as well as information about significant sites along the 2,000-mile historic trail. The Trail Center app is a wonderful resource for traveling visitors who would like to continue the California Trail experience after visiting the Center, wherever their journey may take them._(photo is a plaque that reads "The Oregon-California Trails Association presents the Distinguished Service Award to Steve Owens in recognition of his extensive work and research, especially on trails history, and traveling to various locations, to develop a long needed mobile phone application to benefit the California Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, NV" )_ ... See MoreSee Less

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