You can stand in some spots and feel “the power of the place.” “It’s what you feel when you stand in the ruts left by thousands of covered wagons,” Gregory Franzwa once said. “You get out there, and if you don’t feel it, you’re either dead or don’t know history. If you do know history, there’s tremendous meaning in being able to stand in those ruts.” Thanks to Gregory, more Americans can feel that power of place along the Oregon Trail, where a half-million emigrants cros


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