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McKee: The Oregon Trail in Lancaster County
By JIM McKEE (This column originally ran July 13, 2014.) Although today it is nearly universally forgotten, a segment/connection of the Oregon Trail ran through Lancaster County and for a short time was noted as being the heaviest traveled portion of …