People heading up and back from Lake Tahoe will be in for a throwback sight along Highway 50 this week. The annual Highway 50 Association Wagon Train started its trek up and down the mountains Sunday.

The sound of hoofbeats and the turning of wooden wheels, the sight of rancher hats, pioneer dresses, and covered wagons are all unusual in this modern age. But for the Wagon Train, they trace a ...

When it comes to television Westerns, Wagon Train was a series distinct for its impressive use of guest stars and its ability to turn its leading characters into background parts in their own show. If ...

Drivers often stop to wave at the traveling eight-up wagons along U.S. Highway 50 each year. The contrast between past and present amuses photographer Ron Harris, 70, who captures the train traveling ...

A wagon parked at Fresh Pond alongside a fleet of carriages. The horse-drawn 76th annual Highway 50 Association Wagon Train traveled from Round Hill, Nevada to Placerville, California. Tina Li If ...

Onlookers greet the wagon train during a past trek as it makes its way along National Road. A forecast of heavy rain Friday has prompted a change in one portion of the coming weekend’s National Road ...

One of the biggest names in the long-lost golden age of horse opera television, the (mostly) black-and-white Wagon Train is a noteworthy series for a few reasons. For starters, the show's engaging ...

Thousands of American families enjoyed economical motoring in Ford’s entry-level people hauler of the early 1960s, the Ford Falcon station wagon. This inexpensive, largely complete New Mexico survivor ...