Ruts of the Oregon Trail

If they hadn't been documented, they look just like another jeep trail thru the sage brush. But no, thousands of wagons and people left the east coast for the promise of the Oregon Territory

And a familiar name came up:

""Ezra Manning Meeker (December 29, 1830 – December 3, 1928) was an American pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox-drawn wagon as a young man, migrating from Iowa to the Pacific Coast. Late in life he worked to memorialize the Trail, repeatedly retracing the trip of his youth. Once known as the "Hop King of the World", he was the first mayor of Puyallup, Washington."" - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia